The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State

"A timely, well-written and scholarly polemic for the separation of church and state."—Bernard Crick, The New StatesmanThe Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical roots of American religious freedom, paying particular attention to such figu...