The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802800800)

The author's "central metaphor, the naked public square, refers to thepublic forum in American life, which is perceived as naked or empty because religion and religious values have been systematically excluded from consideration in the determination of public policy. {He believes that} the enemy that accomplished this, the ideology of secularism, has thus far been successful despite the fact that most Americans, whose ultimate values are deeply religious, never debated or assented to such an exclusion."

Author: Richard John Neuhaus
ISBN-10: 0802800807
ISBN-13: 9780802800800
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 05/02/1996
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.08w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 10/16/2007 pg. 41
Newsweek 01/19/2009 pg. 47