Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Ledewitz
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| Autore: |
Ledewitz Bruce <1975->
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| Titolo: |
Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Ledewitz
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.7308/52 |
| Soggetto topico: | Church and state - United States |
| Ecclesiastical law - United States | |
| Freedom of religion - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 nonbeli |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism |
| ISBN: | 0-253-00136-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812397703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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