Godly Republic: A Centrist Blueprint for America's Faith-Based Future (Wildavsky Forum)

Contents......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
“Do You Know If You Are Going to Heaven?”......Page 20
Saved in South Jersey......Page 26
Just Ask Pops......Page 32
What Would Madison and Franklin Do?......Page 33
One Nation, under God, for All......Page 43
A Warm Civic Welcome, Not a High Legal Wall......Page 48
Between Jefferson and Witherspoon: Madison......Page 50
No Faith Is beyond Faction......Page 54
Madison’s Multiplicity of Sects versus the Anti-Federalists......Page 59
Most Blessed Compromise: The Bill of Rights......Page 65
Neo-Anti-Federalists versus Judicial Tyranny......Page 68
Blessings in the Balance......Page 74
Strict Separation Doctrine’s Anti-Catholic Roots......Page 77
Lemon Aid Stands: Religion and Education......Page 82
Free Exercise versus Indirect Establishment......Page 89
Blame the Founders, the Anti-Federalists, and the People......Page 95
Bipartisan Beliefs......Page 101
Purple People on Church-State......Page 108
Turning Red over Religion?......Page 113
Two Electoral Extremes Equal One-Third......Page 116
Proxy Government Gets Religion, 1996–2000......Page 121
No Bush versus Gore on “Faith-Based”......Page 129
Faith-Based without Works Is Dead......Page 135
Three Steps to the Road Not Taken......Page 141
Neutrality Challenges: The Bush Faith Bill......Page 147
Believers Only Need Apply?......Page 156
Religious Voucher Visions......Page 161
Hope in the Semi-Seen: Amachi......Page 166
Bowling Alone versus Praying Together......Page 172
Big Picture: Bridging Blacks and Whites......Page 176
Faithful Philadelphia: Scores of Services for People in Need......Page 184
Putting Faith in Civic Partnerships......Page 195
Esperanza Objectivo: The Three Faith Factors......Page 199
Take Prisoners: Evangelical Christians versus Secular Liberals......Page 210
Do unto Others: Pratt versus Pratt......Page 216
Think Catholic: Church, State, and Larger Communities......Page 231
No Post-Poverty Nation: Matthew 25......Page 237
Second Trinity: Three Faith-Free Principles......Page 242
Invest Wisely: FBOs as Civic Value Stocks......Page 244
Target Blessings: Young Black Low-Income Urban Males......Page 250
Honor Thy Franklin: Back to America’s Faith-Based Future......Page 264