Godly Republic
Subtitle: A Centrist Blueprint for America's Faith-Based Future
By: John J. DiIulio, Jr
Series: The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy -- 5
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780520254145
Subjects: Christianity and politics -- United States; Religion and politics -- United States; United States -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-299) and index
Table of contents: title: "Do you know if you are going to heaven?"; title: Saved in South Jersey; title: Just ask pops; title: What would Madison and Franklin do?; title: The founders' faithful consensus; title: Myths 1 and 2 : a godly republic, not a secular state or a Christian nation; title: One nation, under God, for all; title: A warm civic welcome, not a high legal wall; title: Between Jefferson and Witherspoon : Madison; title: Madison's multiplicity of sects versus the anti-federalists; title: Most blessed compromise : the Bill of Rights; title: Neo-anti-federalists versus judicial tyranny; title: The court's neutrality doctrine; title: Myths 3 and 4 : equal protection; title: Blessings in the balance; title: Strict separation doctrine's anti-Catholic roots; title: Lemon aid stands : religion and education; title: Free exercise versus indirect establishment; title: Blame the founders, the anti-federalists, and the people; title: The people's charitable choice; title: Myths 5 and 6 : religious pluralists, not strict secularists or religious purists; title: Bipartisan beliefs; title: Purple people on church-state; title: Turning red over religion?; title: Two electoral extremes equal one-third; title: Proxy government gets religion, 1996-2000; title: No Bush versus Gore on "faith-based"; title: The president's bipartisan prayer; title: Faith-based without works is dead; title: Three steps on the road not taken; title: Neutrality challenges : the Bush faith bill; title: Believers only need apply?; title: Religious voucher visions; title: Hope in the semi-seen : Amachi; title: The nation's spiritual capital; title: Myths 7 and 8 : faith-based volunteer mobilization, not faith-saturated spiritual transformation; title: Bowling alone versus praying together; title: Big picture : bridging Blacks and whites; title: Faithful Philadelphia : scores of services for people in need; title: Putting faith in civic partnerships; title: Esperanza objectivo : the three faith factors; title: The republic's faith-based future; title: Myths 9 and 10 : civiv ecumenism, not sectarian triumphalism or secular extremism; title: Take prisoners : evangelical Christians versus secular liberals; title: Do unto others : Pratt versus Pratt; title: Think Catholic : church, state, and larger communities; title: No post-poverty nation : Matthew 25; title: The faith-based future's blessings; title: Second trinity : three faith-free principles; title: Invest wisely : FBOS as civic value stocks; title: Target blessings : young Black low-income males; title: Honor thy Franklin : back to America's faith-based future