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A nation under God? : the ACLU and religion in American politics

A Nation Under God? The ACLU and Religion in American Politics questions the claim of the ACLU that the First Amendment to the Constitution requires the complete cleansing of any religious expression in the American public square. That position, Krannawitter and Palm argue, is not consistent with the principles of the American founding, but derives from early 20th century progressivism and modern liberalism that requires ultimately a reconstituting of the American regime along completely secular lines. A re-examination of the American founding, its theoretical and constitutional princip
eBook, English, ©2005
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, ©2005
1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages)
9781461609940, 1461609941
607722072
The ACLU and religion in American politics today
Religion and politics in historical perspective
Religion and the moral conditions of freedom in the American founding
The progressive rejection of the principles of the American founding
The birth of the ACLU and the rise of modern liberalism
Building the wall of separation : the ACLU takes religion to court
Immoral religion? : the ACLU's select defense of religious free exercise
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010