{"product_id":"godless-citizens-in-a-godly-isaac-kramnick-9780393254969","title":"Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eGod occupies our nation's consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their rights as citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick demonstrate in their sharp and convincing work, avowed atheists were derided since the founding of the nation. Even Thomas Paine fell into disfavor and his role as a patriot forgotten. Popular Republican Robert Ingersoll could not be elected in the nineteenth century due to his atheism, and the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton was shunned when she questioned biblical precepts about women's roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoore and Kramnick lay out this fascinating history and the legal cases that have questioned religious supremacy. It took until 1961 for the Supreme Court to ban religious tests for state officials, despite Article 6 of the Constitution. Still, every one of the fifty states continues to have God in its constitution. The authors discuss these cases and more current ones, such as \u003cem\u003eBurwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e, which address whether personal religious beliefs supersede secular ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGodless Citizens in a Godly Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, the authors also explore the dramatic rise of an \"atheist awakening\" and the role of organizations intent on holding the country to the secular principles it was founded upon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393254968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393254969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 5","brand":"Isaac Kramnick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46738976145663,"sku":"9780393254969","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_324f6805-a613-4c14-a9a2-9183607843d6.jpg?v=1743276835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/godless-citizens-in-a-godly-isaac-kramnick-9780393254969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}