Isaac Kramnick And R. Laurence Moore
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 Statesman
THE 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 figures as John Locke, Roger Williams, and especially
Thomas Jefferson, and examine the controversies,
up to the present day, over the proper place of
religion in our political life. With a new chapter that
explores the role of religion in the public life of
George W. Bush's America, The Godless Constitution
offers a bracing return to the first principles of American
governance.
"Readable, timely, argumentative, solidly informed
and informative . . . [the] voice, never strident, is
informed by historical understanding and insight."—
Christian Century
ISAAC KRAMNICK is Richard J. Schwartz
Professor of Government at Cornell University.
R . LAURENCE MOORE is Howard A.
Newman Professor of American Studies and
History at Cornell University.
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