March 12, 2010

Books

‘Public Reason Disease’

The Religious Left and Church-State RelationsSteven H. ShiffrinPrinceton University Press, $35, 256 pp.

Robert K. Vischer

Generally speaking, the “religious left” in the United States is credited with broadening political support for progress on issues such as environmental stewardship and economic justice. But an obvious question looms regarding an even more fundamental issue that marks the political divide: What does the religious left have to say about church-state relations? Cornell profes (...)


 

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