Why secularism isn’t the same thing as atheism—and why it’s
crucial for preserving liberty and democracy for all Americans,
regardless of their beliefs. Founding father Thomas Jefferson believed
that “religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his
God,” but these days many people seem to have forgotten this ideal.
Conservatives claim America is a “Christian nation” and urge that
laws be structured around religious convictions. Hardcore atheists,
meanwhile, seek to undermine and attack religion at all levels. Surely
there must be a middle ground. In How to Be Secular, Jacques
Berlinerblau issues a call to the moderates—those who are tired of
the belligerence on the fringes—that we return to America’s long
tradition of secularism, which seeks to protect both freedom from and
for religion. He looks at the roots of secularism and examines how it
should be bolstered and strengthened so that Americans of all stripes
can live together peacefully. “Jacques Berlinerblau mounts a
careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more
secularists. . . . The author’s argument merits a wide hearing
and will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom.”
—Randall Balmer, author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right
Distorts FaithandThreatens America
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ISBN
9780547518282
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Mariner Books / Open Road Integrated Media
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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