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Rediscovering America's sacred ground : public religion and pursuit of the good in a pluralistic America / Barbara A. McGraw.

Title
Rediscovering America's sacred ground : public religion and pursuit of the good in a pluralistic America / Barbara A. McGraw.
Author
McGraw, Barbara A.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

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xviii, 241 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Returning to the ideas of John Locke and the Founders themselves, Barbara A. McGraw examines the debate about the role of religion in American public life and unravels the confounded rhetoric on all sides. She reveals that no group has been standing on proper ground and that all sides have misused terminology (religion/secular), dichotomies (public/private), and concepts (separation of church and state) in ways that have little relevance to the original intentions of the founders. She rediscovers a theology underlying the founding documents of the nation that is neither anyone's particular religion nor one requiring religion."--Jacket.
Series Statement
SUNY series, religion and American public life
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • SUNY series, religion and American public life
Subject
  • Civil religion > United States
  • United States > Religion
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Toward a debate on common ground -- pt. I. Looking back to rediscover America's sacred ground. Rediscovering the roots of America's sacred ground in John Locke ; The United States Constitution: establishing America's sacred ground -- pt. II. Rooting the contemporary debate in sacred ground. Taking sides and looking left ; Looking right ; Grounding the debate ; Conclusion. America's sacred ground: our civic faith -- [Appendixes.] A.A few definitions ; B. Freedom of conscience in revolutionary period constitutions and declarations of rights ; C. Drafts of the Religion Clause in the debates of the First Congress.
ISBN
  • 0791457052 (alk. paper)
  • 0791457060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002042630
OCLC
51059089
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library