A Nation Under God?: The ACLU and Religion in American PoliticsRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005 M09 8 - 264 páginas A Nation Under God? raises the question of why the ACLU relentlessly attacks public expressions of mainstream religious faith. The answer, according to the book's argument, is that the work of the ACLU is informed by a larger political project-modern liberalism-to transform American government and society into an administrative-welfare state. Modern liberalism requires two decisive changes in American politics if it is to be successful: First, the government of limited powers mandated by the Constitution must become a government of unlimited powers and scope. Second, free, self-reliant, and independent citizens must become dependent on and understand themselves as subservient to government. The ACLU's drive to remove religion and morality from the public square advances both goals. Limited, constitutional government rests on the idea that rights come from God; the power of government should be limited commensurate to the limited purpose of legitimate government: to protect our natural, God-given rights. With God removed from the public square, it becomes much easier politically to argue that government is the source of rights, and that every expansion of government power is tantamount to an expansion of rights. Further, self-reliant citizens are not in need of and are unlikely to support large government welfare programs. But self-reliancy is largely a function of self-control and moral responsibility. Immoral and irresponsible citizens are incapable of providing for themselves and their families. Driving God and morality out of the public square serves to break down public morality, which in turn creates classes of citizens who are dependent on government assistance and regulation. Through endless litigation against public expressions of religion and morality and its distorted interpretations of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses, the ACLU reveals its real agenda and its real allegiance, which is not to the Constitution or Bill of Rights, but to a radical liberal ideology that seeks |
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... POLITICS Thomas L. Krannawitter Daniel C. Palm THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS , INC . Lanham • Boulder • New York • Oxford ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS ...
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... politics / Thomas L. Krannawitter , Daniel C. Palm . p . cm . " The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy . " Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-7425-5087-7 ( cloth : alk . paper ) ...
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... political theory and its adherents share in their rejection of the natural ... politics respecting questions of church and state . Like all reformations , we hold ... philosophy , and a public rheto- ric to support it , built on the firm ...
... political theory and its adherents share in their rejection of the natural ... politics respecting questions of church and state . Like all reformations , we hold ... philosophy , and a public rheto- ric to support it , built on the firm ...
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... philosophy . From a political point of view , the American Founders supported reli- gion because they understood that only a people capable of self - restraint and self - reliance would be able to live freely and prosper under a govern ...
... philosophy . From a political point of view , the American Founders supported reli- gion because they understood that only a people capable of self - restraint and self - reliance would be able to live freely and prosper under a govern ...
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... political logic to paganism : the many different cities of the ancient world had many different gods . ' In this respect , the Israel of Moses was typical ... political philosophy was to find some principle of obligation upon 12 Chapter Two.
... political logic to paganism : the many different cities of the ancient world had many different gods . ' In this respect , the Israel of Moses was typical ... political philosophy was to find some principle of obligation upon 12 Chapter Two.
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THE PROGRESSIVE REJECTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING | 45 |
THE BIRTH OF THE ACLU AND THE RISE OF MODERN LIBERALISM | 57 |
BUILDING THE WALL OF SEPARATION THE ACLU TAKES RELIGION TO COURT | 67 |
IMMORAL RELIGION? THE ACLUs SELECT DEFENSE OF RELIGIOUS FREE EXERCISE | 93 |
CONCLUSION | 115 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS 1789 | 169 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION 1789 | 173 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON LETTER TO THE HEBREWS AT NEWPORT 1790 | 175 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON FAREWELL ADDRESS 1796 | 177 |
JAMES MADISON A MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE 1785 | 193 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY 1786 | 201 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON LETTER TO THE DANBURY BAPTISTS 1802 | 205 |
SAMUEL WEST SERMON ON THE RIGHT TO REBEL AGAINST GOVERNORS 1776 | 207 |
DOCUMENTS FROM THE FOUNDING ON RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY | 127 |
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN CONGRESS JULY 4 1776 | 129 |
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE 1787 | 135 |
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 1787 | 137 |
STATE CONSTITUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGING GOD | 139 |
SAMUEL COOPER SERMON ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSSETTS CONSTITUTION 1780 | 229 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 243 |
INDEX | 245 |
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A Nation Under God?: The ACLU and Religion in American Politics Thomas L. Krannawitter,Daniel C. Palm Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
A Nation Under God?: The ACLU and Religion in American Politics Thomas L. Krannawitter,Daniel C. Palm Vista de fragmentos - 2005 |
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