Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State
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Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State

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Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State

About this book

Award-winning journalist Robert Boston lambastes the zealots of the Religious Right for spreading misinformation about the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state. Boston reveals how a band of ultraconservative religious groups with a political agenda - led primarily by televangelist Pat Robertson - is conducting a systematic war aginst the separation of church and state. The tactics of these groups are designed to exploit unfounded fears and turn the American people against the separationist principle. They will not rest, Boston says, until the United States has become a theocracy.To expose the Religious Right's blatant distortions of U.S. history and correct its skewed analysis of legal rulings, Boston objectively reviews the evolution of church/state relations in the United States and looks at how the separation principle has been applied by the courts. He also examines efforts by sectarian groups to win government support for their schools, the school prayer issue, the history of the free exercise of religion, and the controversial role of religion in the public square.Published in cooperation with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. 1. Setting the Stage: Separation of Church and State under Attack
  9. 2. In the Beginning: Church-State Relations before America
  10. 3. Made in America: The Evolution of Church-State Separation in the United States
  11. 4. The De Facto Protestant Establishment: Church-State Relations in Late Nineteenth-Century America
  12. 5. Religion in Public Schools: The Issue That Won’t Go Away
  13. 6. Government Aid to Religious Schools: A Taxing Issue
  14. 7. Polygamy, Pledges, and Peyote: Free Exercise Disputes
  15. 8. Symbols and Sunday Laws: Other Types of Church-State Problems
  16. 9. Thy Kingdom Come: Christian Reconstructionism
  17. 10. Preserving Church-State Separation in Your Own Community: Suggestions for the Citizen-Activist
  18. 11. Final Thoughts: The End of Separation?
  19. Appendix 1. Common Myths about Separation of Church and State
  20. Appendix 2. Thomas Jefferson’s 1802 Letter to the Danbury Baptists
  21. Appendix 3. James Madison’s 1785 Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments
  22. Index