By Ted G. Jelen
Newly revised and up to date, To Serve God and Mammon is a vintage within the box of faith and politics that gives an impartial advent and review of church–state kinfolk within the usa.
Jelen starts through exploring the inherent rigidity among the institution and loose workout clauses of the 1st modification. He then examines how various actors in American politics (e.g., the courts, Congress, the president, traditional voters) have varied and conflicting values that have an effect on their attitudes and activities towards the connection among the sacred and the secular. eventually, he discusses how the fragmented nature of political authority within the usa offers the foundation for carrying on with clash pertaining to church–state family members.
This moment variation contains analyses of assorted contemporary proceedings and the results of dwelling within the post–9/11 period. It additionally beneficial properties dialogue questions on the finish of every bankruptcy, a word list of phrases, and synopses of chosen courtroom judgements referring to faith and politics within the United States.
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