"This is an engaging refutation of an insidious form of 'political
correctness' of the right--the nonsensical idea that our country
was founded on Christian principles. Anyone, left or right, who
admires the foundations of American democracy will enjoy this
spirited reminder of the Founding Fathers' true genius."
--Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University author of
The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, and The Stuff of Thought
"The wall of separation between church and state is one of the
great barriers to religious tyranny. Among the wall's most
articulate defenders is Dershowitz, who shows in this readable book
why the authors of our Declaration feared theocracy and favored
democracy."
--Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law School and
President of the American Civil Liberties Union
"Blasphemy proves that many Christians are as deliberately
bewildered about the history of our nation as they are about the
evolution of life on this planet. Dershowitz has done a great
service in rescuing Jefferson, Adams, and the other Founding
Fathers from the religious delusions of the Christian Right. This
book will strike a great blow to the forces of theocracy in the
United States."
--Sam Harris, author of the New York Times bestsellers The End of
Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation
"Right wing Christian zealots don't know Thomas Jefferson from
Jefferson Starship. The assertion that our Declaration of
Independence is a Christian document is absurd. Colonists fled
Europe to escape religious persecution, not to be controlled by a
different religion. Dershowitz proves that Jefferson and his
compatriots purposely built a wall between Church andState that the
Religious Right is now attempting to destroy. If conservative
Christians are successful at shoving God down our throats, the end
of democracy as we know it will soon follow."
--U.S. Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA)
"Blasphemy is a brilliant, well-researched critique of the
Religious Right's 'Christian Nation' mythology and its misuse of
the American historical record. Just as significant, Professor
Dershowitz illuminates the open hostility and vitriol this movement
routinely exhibits toward all, religious or secular, who dare to
challenge its faulty conclusions."
--Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director, Americans United for
Separation of Church and State
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