Separation of Church & State: What the Founders Meant

Separation of Church & State: What the Founders Meant
by David Barton

Separation of Church & State: What the Founders Meant
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Author: David Barton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-08
ISBN: 1932225412
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: WallBuilder Press

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Book Review: Liars For Jesus?
Summary: 1 Stars

Barton almost comically creates his history from manipulation. Here are two notable critics: A recent review of Barton's work on a podcast by Clay Jenkinson, one of the first winners of the nation's highest award in the humanities, the Charles Frankel Prize. When commenting on the historical accuracy of the founding fathers, Jenkinson stated, "Well the worst is this fellow from Texas named David Barton, who has written a book about original intent in which he has gone through and falsely combed the founding fathers to get their most Christian sayings and compiled them in this book, out of context - to the exclusion of their broader way of seeing the world, and saying, see - they were all Christians and ... Jefferson was a Christian, and Madison was a Christian, and Franklin was a Christian, and do you know what? He is just plain wrong and a fraud. And he has been shown to be a fraud." Jenkinson concludes by saying Barton's work "is false, malicious, and irresponsible and it has to be countered. We have to tell the truth about history."
For serious readers wanting a detailed analysis, check out Chris Rodda's book inspired by Barton: "Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History".
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Summary of Separation of Church & State: What the Founders Meant

This book provides a simple and much-needed analysis of one of the most often used and widely misunderstood phrases in American history. Discover the Founding Fathers' views on the positive influence of religious values on public policy as well as the background behind Thomas Jefferson's famous 1802 letter employing the "separation of church and state" phrase. Significantly, for more than a century and a half after its introduction, courts correctly interpreted Jefferson's phrase as a mandate to protect Christian expressions in the public square, and only in recent years has the phrase been remade into a judicially-enforced policy of public secularism. This book offers an engaging and easy to read overview of one of the greatest public policy debates in contemporary America.

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