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Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Ledewitz



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Autore: Ledewitz Bruce <1975-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Ledewitz Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-253-00136-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456794303321
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