The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State

Kramnick, Isaac

ISBN 10: 0393328376 / ISBN 13: 9780393328370

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

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Synopsis:

The Godless Constitution is an urgent and timely reexamination of the roots of church-state separation in American politics - and a ringing refutation of the misguided claims of the religious right. In this important polemic two distinguished scholars of American political ideas and religion refute this dangerous attempt to introduce what they term "religious correctness" into our politics, by reminding us that the absence of any mention of God in the Constitution was a conscious action on the framers' part, intended to prevent the bloody religious controversies that so marked European history. They also emphasize that church-state separation was seen as a guarantee of - not a hindrance to - religions liberty. Fully respecting the importance of religion in the public sphere, yet forthright in defining proper limits, The Godless Constitution offers a bracing return to the first principles of American democracy - and a guide to keeping them intact in the forthcoming presidential campaign.

About the Authors: Isaac Kramnick is professor emeritus of government at Cornell University.

R. Laurence Moore is professor emeritus of history and American studies at Cornell University

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good