The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America

The author's "central metaphor, the naked public square, refers to thepublic forum in American life, which is perceived as naked or empty because religion and religious values have been systematically excluded from consideration in the determination of public policy. {He believes that} the enemy that accomplished this, the ideology of secularism, has thus far been successful despite the fact that most Americans, whose ultimate values are deeply religious, never debated or assented to such an exclusion."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/09/1988
ISBN: 9780802800800
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.08w x 0.72d

Review Citations: Christian Century 10/16/2007 pg. 41
Newsweek 01/19/2009 pg. 47