Bleached Faith: The Tragic Cost When Religion Is Forced Into the Public Square

by Steven Goldberg

Book Overview

Public recognition of religion has been a part of American political life from the beginning of our country, and that is not going to change. But in recent years, the effort by some to challenge the long held separation of church and state by imposing religion in the public sphere has caused more harm than good.

Along the lines of other incredulous "neo-Enlightenment" books, Bleached Faith makes a forceful case that the gravest threat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804758611
• ISBN13: 9780804758611
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Stanford Law Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Well Reasoned

This book approaches the issue of separation of church and state from the point of view that such separation is positive (and almost essential) for the protection of religious values. The author offers a well-reasoned point of view that comes from a different angle than most books discussing this issue. This viewpoint is supported by arguments showing that the constitutional conditions placed on public displays of religious symbols cheapens them through secularization and that efforts to promote curricula such as intelligent design denigrate religion and have the practical effect of casting religion in a disparaging light. Anyone who is interested in the discourse of religion and government should read this book because it is offers the perspective that subjecting religion into the governmental sphere is more likely to harm religion than promote it.