Godly republic : a centrist blueprint for America's faith-based future /
Looks at the debate over whether as a nation America is Christian or secular and to what degree church-state separation is compelled by the Constitution. This book aims to offer a faith-inspired, and fact-based approach to enhancing America's civic future for one and all.
| Основен автор: | DiIulio, John J., Jr., 1958- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
℗♭2007.
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| Серия: |
Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ;
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=208215 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Godly republic. |
Съдържание:
- "Do you know if you are going to heaven?"
- Saved in South Jersey
- Just ask pops
- What would Madison and Franklin do?
- The founders' faithful consensus
- Myths 1 and 2 : a godly republic, not a secular state or a Christian nation
- One nation, under God, for all
- A warm civic welcome, not a high legal wall
- Between Jefferson and Witherspoon : Madison
- Madison's multiplicity of sects versus the anti-federalists
- Most blessed compromise : the Bill of Rights
- Neo-anti-federalists versus judicial tyranny
- The court's neutrality doctrine
- Myths 3 and 4 : equal protection
- Blessings in the balance
- Strict separation doctrine's anti-Catholic roots
- Lemon aid stands : religion and education
- Free exercise versus indirect establishment
- Blame the founders, the anti-federalists, and the people
- The people's charitable choice
- Myths 5 and 6 : religious pluralists, not strict secularists or religious purists
- Bipartisan beliefs
- Purple people on church-state
- Turning red over religion?
- Two electoral extremes equal one-third
- Proxy government gets religion, 1996-2000
- No Bush versus Gore on "faith-based"
- The president's bipartisan prayer
- Faith-based without works is dead
- Three steps on the road not taken
- Neutrality challenges : the Bush faith bill
- Believers only need apply?
- Religious voucher visions
- Hope in the semi-seen : Amachi
- The nation's spiritual capital
- Myths 7 and 8 : faith-based volunteer mobilization, not faith-saturated spiritual transformation
- Bowling alone versus praying together
- Big picture : bridging Blacks and whites
- Faithful Philadelphia : scores of services for people in need
- Putting faith in civic partnerships
- Esperanza objectivo : the three faith factors
- The republic's faith-based future
- Myths 9 and 10 : civiv ecumenism, not sectarian triumphalism or secular extremism
- Take prisoners : evangelical Christians versus secular liberals
- Do unto others : Pratt versus Pratt
- Think Catholic : church, state, and larger communities
- No post-poverty nation : Matthew 25
- The faith-based future's blessings
- Second trinity : three faith-free principles
- Invest wisely : FBOS as civic value stocks
- Target blessings : young Black low-income males
- Honor thy Franklin : back to America's faith-based future.