How to Be Secular : A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom Paperback / softback - 2013
by Jacques Berlinerblau
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Equally tired of faith tests for politicians and atheist polemics about the crimes of religion? In How to be Secular, Jacques Berlinerblau issues a rousing defense of America's secular roots as our nation's best way of protecting religious freedom for all.
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- Title How to Be Secular : A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom
- Author Jacques Berlinerblau
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books
- Date 2013-09-17
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780544105164
- ISBN 9780544105164 / 0544105168
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 211.6
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Summary
Founding father Thomas Jefferson believed that “religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God,” but these days many people seem to have forgotten this ideal. Conservatives claim America is a “Christian nation” and urge that laws be structured around religious convictions. Hardcore atheists, meanwhile, seek to undermine and attack religion at all levels. Surely there must be a middle ground.
In How to Be Secular, Jacques Berlinerblau issues a call to the moderates—those who are tired of the belligerence on the fringes—that we return to America’s long tradition of secularism, which seeks to protect both freedom from and for religion. He looks at the roots of secularism and examines how it should be bolstered and strengthened so that Americans of all stripes can live together peacefully.
“Jacques Berlinerblau mounts a careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more secularists . . . The author’s argument merits a wide hearing and will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom.” —Randall Balmer, author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America
In How to Be Secular, Jacques Berlinerblau issues a call to the moderates—those who are tired of the belligerence on the fringes—that we return to America’s long tradition of secularism, which seeks to protect both freedom from and for religion. He looks at the roots of secularism and examines how it should be bolstered and strengthened so that Americans of all stripes can live together peacefully.
“Jacques Berlinerblau mounts a careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more secularists . . . The author’s argument merits a wide hearing and will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom.” —Randall Balmer, author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America
From the rear cover
In a splendid new book, Jacques Berlinerblau . . . warns that the indispensable hedge that keeps church and state apart is being trimmed to within an inch of its existence and that if America is ever to be America again, we must rush to the hedge s defense . . . Berlinerblau s book, erudite and warm and not without humor, is a great step in this direction. Tablet Magazine
Founding father Thomas Jefferson believed that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God, but these days many people seem to have forgotten this ideal. Conservatives claim America is a Christian nation and urge that laws be structured around religious convictions. Hardcore atheists, meanwhile, seek to undermine and attack religion at all levels. Surely there must be a middle ground.
In How to Be Secular, Jacques Berlinerblau issues a call to the moderates those who are tired of the belligerence on the fringes that we return to America s long tradition of secularism, which seeks to protect both freedom from and for religion. He looks at the roots of secularism and examines how it should be bolstered and strengthened so that Americans of all stripes can live together peacefully.
Jacques Berlinerblau mounts a careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more secularists . . . The author s argument merits a wide hearing and will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom. Randall Balmer, author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America
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Founding father Thomas Jefferson believed that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God, but these days many people seem to have forgotten this ideal. Conservatives claim America is a Christian nation and urge that laws be structured around religious convictions. Hardcore atheists, meanwhile, seek to undermine and attack religion at all levels. Surely there must be a middle ground.
In How to Be Secular, Jacques Berlinerblau issues a call to the moderates those who are tired of the belligerence on the fringes that we return to America s long tradition of secularism, which seeks to protect both freedom from and for religion. He looks at the roots of secularism and examines how it should be bolstered and strengthened so that Americans of all stripes can live together peacefully.
Jacques Berlinerblau mounts a careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more secularists . . . The author s argument merits a wide hearing and will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom. Randall Balmer, author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America
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