God On Trial: Landmark Cases From America's Religious Battlefields

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Constitutional scholar and bestselling author Irons looks at five recent landmark court battles over the separation of church and state and interviews the people involved to provide a complete picture of the ongoing wars for the soul of America. An insightful and dramatic account of religious conflicts that keep America dividedafrom the acclaimed author of The Courage of Their Convictions As the United States has become increasingly conservative, both politically and socially, in recent years, the fight between the religious right and those advocating for the separation of church and state has only intensified. As he did in "The Courage of Their Convictions," award-winning author and legal expert Peter Irons combines an approachable, journalistic narrative style with intimate first-person accounts from both sides of the conflict. Set against the backdrop of American history, politics, and law, "God on Trial" relates the stories of six recent cases in communities that have become battlefields in Americaas growing religious wars.

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