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Godly republic : a centrist civic blueprint for America's faith-based future / John J. DiIulio, Jr.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DiIulio, John J.
- Series:
- Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 5.
- The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and politics--United States.
- Christianity and politics.
- Religion and politics--United States.
- Religion and politics.
- United States--Church history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612359408
- 9781282359406
- 1282359401
- 9780520934511
- 0520934512
- 9781435604001
- 1435604008
- OCLC:
- 476105880
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