02527nam 2200565 a 450 991078148890332120230725050604.00-253-00136-6(CKB)2550000000040111(EBL)713675(OCoLC)735596430(SSID)ssj0000521493(PQKBManifestationID)11336219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521493(PQKBWorkID)10523715(PQKB)11287098(MiAaPQ)EBC713675(MdBmJHUP)muse1876(Au-PeEL)EBL713675(CaPaEBR)ebr10481735(EXLCZ)99255000000004011120101228d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChurch, state, and the crisis in American secularism[electronic resource] /Bruce LedewitzBloomington, Ind. Indiana University Pressc20111 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35634-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270) and index.pt. 1. The establishment clause crisis -- pt. 2. Using government speech and higher law to resolve the establishment clause crisis -- pt. 3. Using the higher law establishment clause to save secularism.Since 1947, the Supreme Court has promised government neutrality toward religion, but in a nation whose motto is ""In God We Trust"" and which pledges allegiance to ""One Nation under God,"" the public square is anything but neutral -- a paradox not lost on a rapidly secularizing America and a point of contention among those who identify all expressions of religion by government as threats to a free society. Yeshiva student turned secularist, Bruce Ledewitz seeks common ground for believers and nonbeliChurch and stateUnited StatesEcclesiastical lawUnited StatesFreedom of religionUnited StatesChurch and stateEcclesiastical lawFreedom of religion342.7308/52Ledewitz Bruce1975-1540429MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781488903321Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism3792084UNINA