God and Government : Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism, and Freedom of Conscience.
Lynn, Barry W.
God and Government : Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism, and Freedom of Conscience. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (285 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: How I Got Into Fighting the Religious Right -- Chapter 1: Schools Are Still a Battlefield, But We Are Winning -- Never Use This Line When Discussing Church and State Issues: "As Long as There Are Math Tests, There Will Be Prayer in Schools" -- Stealth Evangelism-Troubling Encounters with "Unequal Access" -- Religious Right Activists: Ever Insatiable, Ever Innovative -- Chapter 2: The Evolving Debate…on Evolution -- Chapter 3: If We Can't Change Public School Curricula, Let's Just Destroy Public Schools -- Chapter 4: The Religious Right: The More Things Change, the More the Weirdness Continues -- Who Is the Religious Right? -- Chapter 5: Religious Right Tactics: From Initiatives to License Plates to Church Rehab to Taking Over the Military and the Courts…(and to Sending People to Death Row, for Good Measure) -- Acts of God-Reaction: Give Us Your Money -- "Religion in the Military" -- The Judiciary -- Takin' It to the Supreme Court -- Chapter 6: When Government Officials Pray, Get Out the TV Cameras -- When They Put Up the Ten Commandments, Don't Expect Them to Follow Them -- Chaplains in Congress -- Religious Displays -- Chapter 7: Does the Religious Right Hate Everybody? Answer: Yes -- Minority Religious Groups -- Atheists -- Women -- LGBTQ Community -- Death and Dying -- Chapter 8: The Big Wall-Bangers (aka the Biggest Threats to Church-State Separation)-Faith-Based Funding and Religiously Motivated Refusals -- Faith-Based Initiatives -- Religious Refusals: "We don't have to obey the civil law because…" -- Canon Law/Abuse by Priests -- Chapter 9: Religion in Politics -- We Know that Religion Is Getting More Political… -- But Are Politicians Getting More "Religious"? -- Chapter 10: Why Does Anybody Spend Their Adult Life Doing This? -- Nice Famous People. Strange Persons of a "Religious Right" Bent -- Awards -- Alternative Universes: Cinematic Achievement and a Bizarre Capitol Hill Hearing -- Concluding Thoughts: The Future Looks Brighter -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
9781633880252
Church and state--United States.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Religious right--United States.
Freedom of religion--United States.
Religious pluralism--United States.
Religious tolerance--United States.
Electronic books.
BR516.L96 2015
322/.10973
God and Government : Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism, and Freedom of Conscience. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (285 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: How I Got Into Fighting the Religious Right -- Chapter 1: Schools Are Still a Battlefield, But We Are Winning -- Never Use This Line When Discussing Church and State Issues: "As Long as There Are Math Tests, There Will Be Prayer in Schools" -- Stealth Evangelism-Troubling Encounters with "Unequal Access" -- Religious Right Activists: Ever Insatiable, Ever Innovative -- Chapter 2: The Evolving Debate…on Evolution -- Chapter 3: If We Can't Change Public School Curricula, Let's Just Destroy Public Schools -- Chapter 4: The Religious Right: The More Things Change, the More the Weirdness Continues -- Who Is the Religious Right? -- Chapter 5: Religious Right Tactics: From Initiatives to License Plates to Church Rehab to Taking Over the Military and the Courts…(and to Sending People to Death Row, for Good Measure) -- Acts of God-Reaction: Give Us Your Money -- "Religion in the Military" -- The Judiciary -- Takin' It to the Supreme Court -- Chapter 6: When Government Officials Pray, Get Out the TV Cameras -- When They Put Up the Ten Commandments, Don't Expect Them to Follow Them -- Chaplains in Congress -- Religious Displays -- Chapter 7: Does the Religious Right Hate Everybody? Answer: Yes -- Minority Religious Groups -- Atheists -- Women -- LGBTQ Community -- Death and Dying -- Chapter 8: The Big Wall-Bangers (aka the Biggest Threats to Church-State Separation)-Faith-Based Funding and Religiously Motivated Refusals -- Faith-Based Initiatives -- Religious Refusals: "We don't have to obey the civil law because…" -- Canon Law/Abuse by Priests -- Chapter 9: Religion in Politics -- We Know that Religion Is Getting More Political… -- But Are Politicians Getting More "Religious"? -- Chapter 10: Why Does Anybody Spend Their Adult Life Doing This? -- Nice Famous People. Strange Persons of a "Religious Right" Bent -- Awards -- Alternative Universes: Cinematic Achievement and a Bizarre Capitol Hill Hearing -- Concluding Thoughts: The Future Looks Brighter -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
9781633880252
Church and state--United States.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Religious right--United States.
Freedom of religion--United States.
Religious pluralism--United States.
Religious tolerance--United States.
Electronic books.
BR516.L96 2015
322/.10973