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Author Irons, Peter H., 1940-

Title God on trial : dispatches from America's religious battlefields / Peter Irons.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.73 IR6    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.7308 IRONS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.7308 IRO    Check Shelf
Description xx, 362 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index.
Contents Preface -- "Respecting an establishment of religion" -- "A wall between church and state" -- "We can never give up" -- "With the cross of Jesus" : the Mount Soledad cross case from San Diego, California -- "No pray, no play" : the football-game prayer case from Santa Fe, Texas -- "I am the Lord thy God" : the Ten Commandments cases from Kentucky and Texas -- "One nation, under God" : the Pledge of Allegiance case from Elk Grove, California -- "In the beginning" : the "intelligent design" case from Dover, Pennsylvania -- Conclusion.
Summary The stories of recent conflicts over the separation of church and state in six communities that have become battlefields in America's growing religious wars.
Subject Freedom of religion -- United States.
Church and state -- United States.
ISBN 9780670038510
0670038512
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