The Constitution of Religious Freedom: God, Politics, and the First Amendment

by Dennis J. Goldford

Book Overview

In a time when the question of American religious identity underlies much political conversation that fills the public square, Dennis Goldford directs his readers to consider the First Amendment. The founding fathers' words, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, are the constitutional means of ensuring, however imperfectly, the American freedom to stand for something sacred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602584192
• ISBN13: 9781602584198
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher