Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 273 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691130116
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1282157361
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1400827841
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9780691130118
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9781282157361
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9781400827848
Content:
The presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern, while the Far Left has redoubled its efforts to evict religion from public life entirely. Fewer people on the Right seem to respect the church-state separation, and fewer people on the Left seem to respect religion itself--still less its free exercise in any situation that is not absolutely private. In The Last Freedom, Joseph Viteritti argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects compromise as
Content:
Fear and loathing -- Religion and public life -- Tennessee tales -- Why schools matter -- Politics, education, and religion -- Free exercise, vacated and denied -- Ageless wisdom -- American landscape -- Conscience and compromise
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691130118
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691130116
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946- Last freedom Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007
Language:
English
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