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Published on: 2011-01-14
Released on: 2011-01-14
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In the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often appeal to history. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church and state. But for much of American history, David Sehat writes, Protestant Christianity was intimately intertwined with the state. Yet the past was not the Christian utopia that conservatives imagine either. Instead, a Protestant moral establishment prevailed, using government power to punish free thinkers and religious dissidents.In The Myth of American Religious Freedom, Sehat provides an eye-opening history of religion in public life, overturning our most cherished myths. Originally, the First Amendment applied only to the federal government, which had limited authority. The Protestant moral establishment ruled on the state level. Using moral laws to uphold religious power, religious partisans enforced a moral and religious orthodoxy against Catholics, Jews, Mormons, agnostics, and others. Not until 1940 did the U.S. Supreme Court extend the First Amendment to the states. As the Supreme Court began to dismantle the connections between religion and government, Sehat argues, religious conservatives mobilized to maintain their power and began the culture wars of the last fifty years. To trace the rise and fall of this Protestant establishment, Sehat focuses on a series of dissenters--abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, socialist Eugene V. Debs, and many others.Shattering myths held by both the left and right, David Sehat forces us to rethink some of our most deeply held beliefs. By showing the bad history used on both sides, he denies partisans a safe refuge with the Founders. The Myth of American Religious Freedom: David Sehat ... "The Myth of American Religious Freedom is a clear well-argued ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat ... In The Myth of American Religious Freedom Sehat provides an eye-opening history of religion in public life ... Shattering myths held by both the left and right ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom eBook di David ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom. di David Sehat. Condividi le tue opinioni Complete your review. Comunica ai lettori cosa ne pensi valutando e recensendo ... myths of American religious freedom - The Huffington Post The Myths of American Religious Freedom. 01/15/2011 08:33 pm ET Updated May 25 2011 1.9k. ... But this is the second myth of religious freedom: ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom has 66 ... Sehat astutely deconstructs the myths of religious freedom used by both the political right and ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom (review) The Myth of American Religious Freedom. By David Sehat (New York Oxford University Press 2011) 356 pp. $29.95 The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat ... "The Myth of American Religious Freedom is a clear well-argued ... Just as they destroyed myths about liberty slavery and segregation ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat. ... In The Myth of American Religious Freedom ... the myth of religious decline and the myth of exceptional ... The Myth of American Religious Freedom - PdfSR.com The Myth of American Religious Freedom. ... Shattering myths held by both the left and right David Sehat forces us to rethink some of our most deeply held beliefs. Myth of American Religious Freedom Peter J. Leithart ... The myth of American religious freedom is actually a threefold myth Sehat argues. The first is the myth of separation. Though separation of church and state was ...
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