Is America “one nation under God� We encounter controversies every day that concern prayer in schools and stadiums; school vouchers; religious symbols in public spaces; and tax support for faith-based social initiatives as well as arguments among advocates of pro-choice and pro-life positions. These and other issues are at the center of an ongoing search for a means to delineate the interactions among religious and political authorities-- initially in the United States but increasingly in the rest of the world as well. This updated volume presents chronologically-organized chapters that include selections from documents like colonial charters; opinions of the Supreme Court and salient legislation; along with contemporary commentary; and incisive interpretations of the issues by modern scholars. Figures as divergent as John Winthrop; John F. Kennedy; and Sandra Day O'Connor speak from these pages as directly as Paul Blanshard; Leon Higginbotham; John Courtney Murray; and Robert Bellah. Church and State in American History addresses the difficult relationships among the political and religious structures of our society and the emergence of an American solution to the church-state problem.
#502174 in Books The University Press of Kentucky 2009-12-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.84 x 1.14 x 6.02l; 1.58 #File Name: 0813192536432 pages
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Excellent ReadBy Bruce HThis is a great book on a confederate icon about whom I'd heard; but as to whom I never really knew much. A great read; hard to put down. It spans his sickly childhood; through his arrest and conviction at the University of Virginia for shooting a local bully; through his finding himself in the Confederate calavry operating behind Union lines throughout the War. Never captured (although seriously wounded at one point); always honorable; he kept hundreds and at one point thousands of Union soldiers/cavalry tied up protecting against his sudden appearances. Then; the real shocker: after the War; he became friends with General/President Grant and was sent to the Indian Territories and Hong Kong on behalf of the US Government to clean up corruption there (which he did); and then he became an attorney with the US Department of Justice in Washington; D.C. for the remainder of his career. An amazing life and journey. Well worth the read.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Interesting book on often uncovered subject in the Civil WarBy James R. LeightonThis book is recommended to any reader who wants to read about the somewhat limited area of special forces used in the war. The book is highly detailed and especially in the last half of the book gives you an insight as to how Mosby had an affect on some battles in the war mainly by attracting Union troops away from their original duty assignments to chase after him and his fighters. Mosby did not really have a large impact on the war or a specific battle except for keeping some Union troops engaged in guarding Washington DC because of his many attempts to capture Union troops or their commanders in the Capitol or the immediate area.The first half of the book spends too much detail on insignificant actions and often describes them in only one sentence which made me lose interest in time but the second half gave me a more complete analysis of Mosby's major activities both in battles and impact.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. but builds into a gripping story that in many cases reads nearly like historical fictionBy Brandoniusrex99The book starts slowly; but builds into a gripping story that in many cases reads nearly like historical fiction. Doctor Ramage clearly knows his subject well.
