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.

• Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
• Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment
• The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness
• How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
• The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
• American Government in Black and White: Diversity and Democracy
• Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
• The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics
• Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas: A Critical History of the Separation of Church and State (Critical America)