Godly republic [[electronic resource] ] : a centrist civic blueprint for America's faith-based future / / John J. DiIulio, Jr

• Autore: DiIulio John J
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 322/.10973
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and politics - United States; Religion and politics - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Church history
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Founders' Faithful Consensus -- 2. The Court's Neutrality Doctrine -- 3. The People's Charitable Choice -- 4. The President's Bipartisan Prayer -- 5. The Nation's Spiritual Capital -- 6. The Republic's Faith-Based Future -- 7. The Faith-Based Future's Blessings -- Postscript -- Appendix. The Williamsburg Charter -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Do you know if you are going to heaven?" Shortly after being appointed the first Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-the "faith czar"-John J. DiIulio Jr. was asked this question. Suddenly DiIulio, a Catholic Democrat who pioneered programs for inner-city children, was acutely aware that he was no longer a private citizen who might have humored the television evangelist standing before him. Now he was, as he recalls in his introduction-"responsible for assisting the president in faithfully upholding the Constitution . . . and faithfully acting in the public interest without regard to religious identities." Using his brief tenure in the George W. Bush administration as a springboard, this lively, informative, and entertaining book leaps into the ongoing debate over whether as a nation America is Christian or secular and to what degree church-state separation is compelled by the Constitution. Avoiding political pieties, DiIulio makes an impassioned case for a middle way. Written by a leading political scholar, Godly Republic offers a fast-paced, faith-inspired, and fact-based approach to enhancing America's civic future for one and all.
• Titolo autorizzato: Godly republic
• ISBN: 1-282-35940-1; 9786612359408; 0-520-93451-2; 1-4356-0400-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451725803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; ; 5.