The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition

by M. Stanton Evans

Overview

Author M. Stanton Evans challenges nearly every concept you've learned in history classes from elementary school to college: that our liberties stem from secular doctrines, that religious absolutes endanger freedom, that the Bill of Rights created a "wall of separation" between religion and our public institution. Evans argues that all of these teachings and more are refuted by historical record.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780895267184
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	04/03/1996
Pages:	366
Sales rank:	508,100
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

That there is conflict over the accepted place of religion in our public life and institutions goes without saying. Journalist Evans argues that we have erroneous notions about the origins of our country, institutions, and freedoms. He finds many of these mistakes to be the product of an accepted "liberal history lesson." For example, Evans opposes the common belief that there must be a "wall of separation" between church and state. Like Stephen Carter in The Culture of Disbelief (LJ 9/1/93), Evans believes that religion is wrongly subordinated to other elements of modern American culture and that religion and religious faith should be significant parts of our public life. Carter's book is the more scholarly and principled, Evans's the more polemical. Recommended for public libraries.-Jerry Stephens, U.S. Court of Appeals Lib., Oklahoma City

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