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The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America 7 reviews
Frank Lambert
Princeton University Press, 2006
Refreshing, Accurate & Fair History of First Amendment
+ Should become a textbook on the subject-- with cautions
+ Nuance and Honesty
+ Christian Nation, Secular State
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Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious Arguments in the Public Square 7 reviews
Brendan Sweetman
InterVarsity Press, 2006
Religious Arguments in the Public Square
+ Informed faith in the public square
+ Religion Within the Bounds of Reason
+ Make Fair and Square the Public Square
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Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking the Declaration of Independence17 reviews
Alan Dershowitz
Wiley, 2007
Just in time for Independence Day!
+ Religious Legal Extremist
+ A Spirited Defense of Our Nation's Secular Underpinnings
+ Though he misses the forest for the trees, this is still a fascinating nature walk
+ Preaching to the choir?
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Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence 6 reviews
Benson J. Lossing
WallBuilder Press, 1995
Lives of The Signers by B. J. Lossing: An Online Review By N
+ 56 men who changed the course of history!
+ Excellent inspirational book
+ LIVES OF SIGNERS OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
+ Wonderful
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The Criminalization of Christianity: Read This Book Before It Becomes Illegal!28 reviews
Janet L. Folger
Multnomah Books, 2005
Essential Reading
+ Speech and Religion are NOT what they were 20 years ago
+ An essential to understanding Christian Responsibility
+ You better beware of those bad ole Christians!
+ Truth overdue
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Head and Heart: American Christianities13 reviews
Garry Wills
Penguin Press HC, The, 2007
Varieties of Christian Experience in America!
+ intelligent, balanced, and repectful
+ A Very Garry Wills Version of Religion in America.
+ Head and Heart: American Christianites
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The Foundations of American Government 3 reviews
David Barton
WallBuilder Press, 1993
Great overview, right to the point
+ Short, quick reference
Purchased this transcript and it is a great overview of the true meaning of "separation of church and state". True meaning in the sense that it is not even written in the constitution! David Barton gives a quick overview of where this statement comes from. Because it's a transcript, its a quick ...
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Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect Religion in America . . . and What's Happened ... 29 reviews
Stephen Mansfield
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Sabotage Agenda By Leftists
+ EXCELLENT BOOK
After searching for the book "Ten Tortured Words" on the net back in August of last year, I found there was a concerted effort by a well known Leftist blog called Daily Kos, that encouraged their readers to go on Amazon and trash the book. No matter if the reviewers had read the book or not. ...
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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation88 reviews
Jon Meacham
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Excellent narrative on history of public religion in the USA
+ Brief Summary...Intersting but Ultimately Not a Keeper
+ I wish more people would read or listen to this book
+ American Gospel
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What's So Great About Christianity131 reviews
Dinesh D'Souza
Regnery Publishing, 2007
Great read for all who search
+ A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing
+ Encompasses modern thought
I found this book very well researched and very well written. It is not written like a textbook but it has answers to many questions that arise in a complex world where Christians, atheists and everyone in between need to try to understand one another. To live together in todays society is a ...
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Letter to a Christian Nation621 reviews
Sam Harris
Knopf, 2006
A great explanation of religion and non-religion
+ Sam Harris' "Letter" adds fuel to the current fire.
This is one of the first atheism-oriented books I read once I realized that I was probably an atheist and that it was ok to read books on the subject to learn more. If I remember correctly, it was #4, after The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (great), God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (I ...
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason838 reviews
Sam Harris
W. W. Norton, 2005
Sam Harris presages Sarah Palin.
+ Anti-theism without explicit atheism plus 9/11 causation revealed
+ From a former christian
+ It actually worked!
+ Well worth it - even after reading Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens
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Religion and American Politics: From the Colonial Period to the Present
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
How do religion and politics interact in America? How has that relationship changed over time? Why have American religious and political thought sometimes developed along a parallell course while at other times they have moved in opposite directions? These are among the many important and fascinating questions addressed in this volume. Originally published in 1990 as Religion and American ...
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The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind33 reviews
Mark A. Noll
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995
Excellent book on evangelicalism and the Christian mind
+ political implications
+ Hard questions for the Evangelical Church
If there is one book that I would recommend to my evangelical friends regarding how to be a faithful Christian in a post-Christian world while at the same time using your brain in a responsible way this book would be it. Mark Noll has done the evangelical Church a great favour by writing and ...
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Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush6 reviews
Gary Scott Smith
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
A must read for 2007
+ Depth, Accuracy, and Perspective
+ Layperson and Lover of Presidental History
+ Compelling, fascinating page-turner
+ Outstanding
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So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State9 reviews
Forrest Church
Harcourt, 2007
Did Washington Really Say These Words?
+ A real page turner!
+ Excellent, but would have liked a bit more of their behavior
+ First US religious/cultural war
+ Excellent Read with Good Insight
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything799 reviews
Christopher Hitchens
Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007
The book is great, but..
+ Reason and Free-Thought Can Prevail Over Dictums
+ One of my new favorites
..how about actually reading the book BEFORE writing the review. It's just like religious "science": belivers don't need to research before writing. Please spare us this crap. You only make bigger fools out of yourselfs, how that is even possible.
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The ACLU vs. America: Exposing the Agenda to Redefine Moral Values40 reviews
Alan Sears, Craig Osten
B&H Publishing Group, 2005
ACLU: Enemy of the State
+ ACLU Agenda
+ BOOK: The ACLU vs. America: Exposing the Agenda to Redefine
+ An absolute must-read for all Americans!
+ ACLU vs America
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Wall of Separation: The Phrase that Divided America (DVD)
The wall of separation is a metaphor deeply embedded in the American consciousness, and an idea that continues to cause deep controversy within the country. In this historical documentary, Godawa takes a look at what the Founding Fathers intended when they framed the Constitution and wrote the First Amendment religion clauses. Were they trying to create a Christian nation, a secular paradise, or ...
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The Prayer of Jehoshaphat For America: The Power of Repentance in a Time of Crisis6 reviews
Mike Jeffress
The Olive Press, 2005
A Compelling Read
+ Good things, small packages
+ A beautiful book with a powerful message
+ small but mighty
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