The Religious Test: Why We Must Question The Beliefs of Our Leaders - Couverture rigide

Linker, Damon

 
9780393067958: The Religious Test: Why We Must Question The Beliefs of Our Leaders
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ISBN 10 : 0393067955 ISBN 13 : 9780393067958
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2010

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Damon Linker is a contributing editor for the New Republic and is a Senior Writing Fellow in the Center for Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two children.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393067955
ISBN 13 
9780393067958
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
https://www.buchpark.de

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Trebbin
Brandenburg
14959
Allemagne

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9780393349696: The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders

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ISBN 10 :  0393349691 ISBN 13 :  9780393349696
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2010
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