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Prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights - these bitterly divisive issues dominate American politics today, revealing deep disagreements over basic moral values. In a highly readable account that draws on legal arguments, political theory, and philosophy, Ronald F. Thiemann explores the proper role of religious convictions in American public life. He proposes that religion can and should play an active, positive part in our society even as it maintains a fundamental commitment to pluralist, democratic values. Arguing that both increased secularism and growing religious diversity since the 1960s have fragmented commonly held values, Thiemann observes that there has been an historical ambivalence in American attitudes towards religion in public life. He proposes abandoning the idea of an absolute wall between church and state and all the conceptual framework built around that concept in interpreting the first amendment. He returns instead to James Madisons views and the Constitutional principles of liberty, equality, and toleration. Refuting both political liberalism (as too secular) and communitarianism (as failing to meet the challenge of pluralism), Thiemann offers a new definition of liberalism that gives religions a voice in the public sphere as long as they heed the Constitutional principles of liberty, equality, and toleration or mutual respect. The American republic, Thiemann notes, is a constantly evolving experiment in constructing a pluralistic society from its many particular communities. Religion can act as a positive force in its moral renewal, by helping to shape common cultural values. All those interested in finding solutions to todays divisive political discord, in finding ways to disagree civilly in a democracy, and in exploring the extent to which religious convictions should shape the development of public policies will find that this book offers an important new direction for religion and the nation.

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title:Religion in Public Life : A Dilemma for Democracy
author:Thiemann, Ronald F.
publisher:Georgetown University Press
isbn10 | asin:0878406107
print isbn13:9780878406104
ebook isbn13:9780585202556
language:English
subjectDemocracy--Religious aspects--Christianity, Religion and state--United States, Religion and politics--United States, United States--Politics and government, United States--Politics and government--1993- , United States--Religion, United States--Religion--
publication date:1996
lcc:BR115.P7T475 1996eb
ddc:322/.1/0973
subject:Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity, Religion and state--United States, Religion and politics--United States, United States--Politics and government, United States--Politics and government--1993- , United States--Religion, United States--Religion--
Page iii
Religion in Public Life:
A Dilemma for Democracy
Ronald F. Thiemann
A Twentieth Century Fund Book
Georgetown University Press / Washington, D.C.
Page iv
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND
Morris B. Abram, Emeritus
H. Brandt Ayers
Peter A. A. Berle
Alan Brinkley
Jos A. Cabranes
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Alexander Morgan Capron
Hodding Carter III
Edward E. David, Jr., Emeritus
Brewster C. Denny, Emeritus
Charles V. Hamilton
August Heckscher, Emeritus
Matina S. Horner
Lewis B. Kaden
James A. Leach
Richard C. Leone, ex officio
P. Michael Pitfield
Richard Ravitch
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Emeritus
Harvey I. Sloane, M.D.
Theodore C. Sorensen, Chairman
James Tobin, Emeritus
David B. Truman, Emeritus
Shirley Williams
William Julius Wilson

Richard C. Leone, President
Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C. 20007
1996 by The Twentieth Century Fund, Inc. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1996
THIS VOLUME IS PRINTED ON ACID-FREE OFFSET BOOK PAPER
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thiemann, Ronald F.
Religion in public life: a dilemma for democracy / Ronald F.
Thiemann.
p. cm.
"A Twentieth Century Fund book."
Includes bibliographical references.
1. DemocracyReligious aspectsChristianity. 2. Religion and
stateUnited States. 3. Religion and politicsUnited States.
4. United StatesPolitics and government. 5. United States
Politics and government1993- 6. United StatesReligion.
7. United StatesReligion1960- I. Title.
BR115.P7T475 1996
322'.1'0973dc20
ISBN 0-87840-609-3 (alk. paper).
ISBN 0-87840-610-7 (pbl.: alk. paper)
Page v
For my daughters
Sarah Elizabeth and Laura Kristen
With love,
Pop
Page vii
Contents
Foreword
ix
Preface
xii
1
Religion in Public Life: An American Dilemma
1
Picture 2
Religion, Values, and Policy Decisions
5
Picture 3
Notes
16
2
Our Contemporary Dilemma in Historical Perspective: Religion, Values, and the Framing of the Constitution
19
Picture 4
Civic Piety and American Public Life
27
Picture 5
The Current Dilemma: America's Unresolved Tension
33
Picture 6
Notes
37
3
The Constitutional Tradition: A Perplexing Legacy
42
Picture 7
The Separation of Church and State: A Misleading Metaphor
42
Picture 8
The Confusion Displayed: Allegheny County V. Greater Pittsburgh ACLU (1988)
45
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The Suspect Concepts: Separation, Accommodation, and Neutrality
55
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