LEADER 03097nam 2200589 450 001 9910829140703321 005 20170919040217.0 010 $a1-63388-025-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000451513 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001519094 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12621601 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001519094 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11533057 035 $a(PQKB)11113085 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5893695 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000451513 100 $a20191003d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGod and government $etwenty-five years of fighting for equality, secularism, and freedom of conscience /$fRev. Barry W. Lynn 210 1$aAmherst, New York :$cPrometheus Books,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (333 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-63388-024-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist, a civil rights lawyer, and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he offers a unique perspective and a wealth of experience on church-state controversies. In this lively book, he has compiled his writings from various sources to explore in depth the many ways religious extremists have attempted to erode individual liberties. The topics range from publicly-promoted prayer to efforts to undermine public education and replace it with taxpayer-subsidized vouchers for religious schools, interfering with end-of-life and reproductive rights, censorship, and belligerence directed against nonbelievers and minorities. Lynn concludes that the ultimate goal of these extremist forces--consisting mainly of the Protestant Religious Right and the Roman Catholic hierarchy--is the creation of a corporate theocracy, a decidedly undemocratic system of government in which nonconservative Christians, along with humanist, feminists, and the LGBTQ community, are relegated to second-class status in America"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States 606 $aFreedom of religion$zUnited States 606 $aReligious pluralism$zUnited States 606 $aReligious right$zUnited States 606 $aReligious tolerance$zUnited States 615 0$aChristianity and politics 615 0$aChurch and state 615 0$aFreedom of religion 615 0$aReligious pluralism 615 0$aReligious right 615 0$aReligious tolerance 676 $a322/.10973 686 $aREL084000$aPOL004000$aLAW018000$2bisacsh 700 $aLynn$b Barry W.$01155664 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829140703321 996 $aGod and government$93999357 997 $aUNINA