Why religious right wrong about sep - aration church and state

Informationen zum Autor By Robert Boston Klappentext Award-winning journalist Robert Boston lambastes the zealots of the Religious Right for spreading misinformation about the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state. Boston reveals how a band of ultraconservative religious groups with a political agenda - led primarily by televangelist Pat Robertson - is conducting a systematic war aginst the separation of church and state. The tactics of these groups are designed to exploit unfounded fears and turn the American people against the separationist principle. They will not rest, Boston says, until the United States has become a theocracy. To expose the Religious Right's blatant distortions of U.S. history and correct its skewed analysis of legal rulings, Boston objectively reviews the evolution of church/state relations in the United States and looks at how the separation principle has been applied by the courts. He also examines efforts by sectarian groups to win government support for their schools, the school prayer issue, the history of the free exercise of religion, and the controversial role of religion in the public square. Published in cooperation with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Zusammenfassung Reveals how a band of ultraconservative religious groups with a political agenda - led primarily by televangelist Pat Robertson - is conducting a systematic war against the separation of church and state. This work designs the tactics of these groups to exploit unfounded fears and turn the American people against the separationist principle.

Product details

• Authors: rob Boston, Robert Boston, Boston Robert
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2003
• EAN: 9781591021148
• ISBN: 978-1-59102-114-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Religion & beliefs, Politics & government, Politics and government, Religion and beliefs