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The Religious Test - Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders (Hardcover)
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The Constitution states that "no religious test" may keep a
candidate from aspiring to political office. Yet, since John F.
Kennedy used the phrase to deflect concerns about his Catholicism,
the public has largely avoided probing candidates' religious
beliefs. Is it true, however, that a candidate's religious
convictions should be off-limits to public scrutiny? Damon Linker
doesn't think so, and in this book he outlines the various elements
of religious belief-including radical atheism-that are simply
incompatible with high office, and sometimes even active
citizenship, in a democracy. In six forceful chapters he enlightens
us to the complicated interrelations between churches and states,
consistently applying a political litmus test to a range of
theological views. Along the way, he clearly explains, among other
topics, why the government in a religiously tolerant society must
not promote a uniform, absolute code of ethics and behavior; why
the conviction that America is worthy of divine attention is
dangerous; and why the liberal position on the political
deregulation of sex is our nation's only hope for conciliation. In
this provocative, hard-hitting manifesto, Linker exhorts both
believers and atheists to behave better in the public sphere, and
he offers a carefully charted road map for doing so.
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Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2010 |
First published: |
September 2010 |
Authors: |
Damon Linker
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Dimensions: |
218 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-06795-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
0-393-06795-5 |
Barcode: |
9780393067958 |
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