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God and government : twenty-five years of fighting for equality, secularism, and freedom of conscience /
"A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist, a civil rights lawyer, and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he offers a unique pe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst, New York :
Prometheus Books,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: How I Got Into Fighting the Religious Right; Chapter 1: Schools Are Still a Battlefield, But We Are Winning; Never Use This Line When Discussing Church and State Issues: "As Long as There Are Math Tests, There Will Be Prayer in Schools"; Stealth Evangelism-Troubling Encounters with "Unequal Access"; Religious Right Activists: Ever Insatiable, Ever Innovative; Chapter 2: The Evolving Debate ... on Evolution; Chapter 3: If We Can't Change Public School Curricula, Let's Just Destroy Public Schools
- Chapter 4: The Religious Right: The More Things Change, the More the Weirdness ContinuesWho Is the Religious Right?; Chapter 5: Religious Right Tactics: From Initiatives to License Plates to Church Rehab to Taking Over the Military and the Courts ... (and to Sending People to Death Row, for Good Measure); Acts of God-Reaction: Give Us Your Money; "Religion in the Military"; The Judiciary; Takin' It to the Supreme Court; Chapter 6: When Government Officials Pray, Get Out the TV Cameras; When They Put Up the Ten Commandments, Don't Expect Them to Follow Them; Chaplains in Congress
- Religious DisplaysChapter 7: Does the Religious Right Hate Everybody? Answer: Yes; Minority Religious Groups; Atheists; Women; LGBTQ Community; Death and Dying; Chapter 8: The Big Wall-Bangers (aka the Biggest Threats to Church-State Separation)-Faith-Based Funding and Religiously Motivated Refusals; Faith-Based Initiatives; Religious Refusals: "We don't have to obey the civil law because ... "; Canon Law/Abuse by Priests; Chapter 9: Religion in Politics; We Know that Religion Is Getting More Political ... ; But Are Politicians Getting More "Religious"?
- Chapter 10: Why Does Anybody Spend Their Adult Life Doing This?Nice Famous People; Strange Persons of a "Religious Right" Bent; Awards; Alternative Universes: Cinematic Achievement and a Bizarre Capitol Hill Hearing; Concluding Thoughts: The Future Looks Brighter; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author