To Serve God and Mammon Church-State Relations in American Politics, Second Edition

Name: To Serve God and Mammon Church-State Relations in American Politics, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9781589016378

ISBN-10: 1589016378

ISBN-13: 9781589016378

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Ted G. Jelen

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Newly revised and updated, To Serve God and Mammon is a classic in the field of religion and politics that provides an unbiased introduction and overview of churchstate relations in the United States. Jelen begins by exploring the inherent tension between the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment. He then examines how different actors in American politics (e.g., the courts, Congress, the president, ordinary citizens) have different and conflicting values that affect their attitudes and actions toward the relationship between the sacred and the secular. Finally, he discusses how the fragmented nature of political authority in the United States provides the basis for…

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List price: $59.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 3/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682



Preface to the second Edition


Preface to the first Edition


Acknowledgments



The Religion Clauses: Competing Religious Values



The Uses of History



Debating the Public role of Religion: The Protagonists



From Christian America to Free Exercise: The Changing Nature of Church-State Relations



The Future of the Church-State Debate


Appendix Selected Supreme Court Decisions


Glossary


References


Index