Church-State Relations in America: What's at Stake and What's Not. Carl H. Esbeck.
by Esbeck, Carl H; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 37Institutions. Publisher: Liberty: Magazine of Religious Freedom, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Church and state | Civil rights | Religion and law | Religion in the public schools | Subsidies | U.S. -- Constitution -- 1st Amendment | United States Supreme Court -- DecisionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It seems religious freedom has become an object of perpetual litigation. As a consequence, the struggle over church-state relations is vulnerable to a high level of crisis-mongering--especially in those ubiquitous fund-raising appeals. It is difficult to sort out real threats from mere shadows." (LIBERTY: MAGAZINE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM) The author identifies "those truly important issues that, in [his] judgment, will prove crucial to securing religious freedom well into mid century," as well as "highly emotional issues of mere superficial importance--except that they rile the masses and cause them to reach for their checkbooks to finance the wrong battles in the culture war."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Church-State Relations in America: What's at Stake and What's Not, May/June 2005; pp. 2+.
"It seems religious freedom has become an object of perpetual litigation. As a consequence, the struggle over church-state relations is vulnerable to a high level of crisis-mongering--especially in those ubiquitous fund-raising appeals. It is difficult to sort out real threats from mere shadows." (LIBERTY: MAGAZINE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM) The author identifies "those truly important issues that, in [his] judgment, will prove crucial to securing religious freedom well into mid century," as well as "highly emotional issues of mere superficial importance--except that they rile the masses and cause them to reach for their checkbooks to finance the wrong battles in the culture war."
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