The godless constitution
Subtitle: the case against religious correctness
By: Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore.
Contributors: Moore, R. Laurence 1940-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Church and state -- United States; Freedom of religion -- United States
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-182) and index.