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The religious left and church-state relations / Steven H. Shiffrin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400833832
  • 1400833833
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No title; No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 342.7308/52 22
LOC classification:
  • KF4783 .S56 2009eb
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Contents:
Part I : The Pluralistic Foundations Of The Religion Clauses. Overview of part I ; The free exercise clause ; Establishment clause values ; Applying the establishment clause -- Part II : The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers. Compulsory public education ; Vouchers -- Part III. Religion And Progressive Politics. Religion and progressive politics ; The politics of liberalism.
Summary: In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against the religious right on questions of church and state in America today. Explaining that the chosen rhetoric of secular liberals is poorly equipped to argue against religious conservatives, Shiffrin shows that all progressives, religious and secular, must appeal to broader values promoting religious liberty. He demonstrates that the separation of church and state serves to protect religions f.
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Part I : The Pluralistic Foundations Of The Religion Clauses. Overview of part I ; The free exercise clause ; Establishment clause values ; Applying the establishment clause -- Part II : The First Amendment And The Socialization Of Children: Compulsory Public Education And Vouchers. Compulsory public education ; Vouchers -- Part III. Religion And Progressive Politics. Religion and progressive politics ; The politics of liberalism.

In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against the religious right on questions of church and state in America today. Explaining that the chosen rhetoric of secular liberals is poorly equipped to argue against religious conservatives, Shiffrin shows that all progressives, religious and secular, must appeal to broader values promoting religious liberty. He demonstrates that the separation of church and state serves to protect religions f.

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