The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square

by Joseph P. Viteritti

Book Overview

The presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern, while the Far Left has redoubled its efforts to evict religion from public life entirely. Fewer people on the Right seem to respect the church-state separation, and fewer people on the Left seem to respect religion itself--still less its free exercise in any situation that is not absolutely private...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691130116
• ISBN13: 9780691130118
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"