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Subject(s)

• Christianity and politics—United States [Browse]
• Religion and politics—United States [Browse]
• United States—Church history [Browse]

Series

• Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 5. [More in this series]
• The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 5

Summary note

"Do you know if you are going to heaven?" Shortly after being appointed the first Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-the "faith czar"-John J. DiIulio Jr. was asked this question. Suddenly DiIulio, a Catholic Democrat who pioneered programs for inner-city children, was acutely aware that he was no longer a private citizen who might have humored the television evangelist standing before him. Now he was, as he recalls in his introduction-"responsible for assisting the president in faithfully upholding the Constitution . . . and faithfully acting in the public interest without regard to religious identities." Using his brief tenure in the George W. Bush administration as a springboard, this lively, informative, and entertaining book leaps into the ongoing debate over whether as a nation America is Christian or secular and to what degree church-state separation is compelled by the Constitution. Avoiding political pieties, DiIulio makes an impassioned case for a middle way. Written by a leading political scholar, Godly Republic offers a fast-paced, faith-inspired, and fact-based approach to enhancing America's civic future for one and all.

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Front matter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Founders' Faithful Consensus
• 2. The Court's Neutrality Doctrine
• 3. The People's Charitable Choice
• 4. The President's Bipartisan Prayer
• 5. The Nation's Spiritual Capital
• 6. The Republic's Faith-Based Future
• 7. The Faith-Based Future's Blessings
• Postscript
• Appendix. The Williamsburg Charter
• Notes
• Index

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ISBN

• 1-282-35940-1
• 9786612359408
• 0-520-93451-2
• 1-4356-0400-8

OCLC

• 476105880
• 780858867
• 179687263

Doi

• 10.1525/9780520934511

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