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02158aam a2200313 i 4500 001 6820747CD93E11EAB1ED5B0F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200808010344 008 200204s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0393357260 020 $a 9780393357264 040 $a PABRO $b eng $e rda $c PABRO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a BL2760 $b .M59 2019 082 04 $a 211/.80973 $2 23 100 1 $a Moore, R. Laurence $q (Robert Laurence), $d 1940- $e author. 245 10 $a Godless citizens in a godly republic : $b atheists in American public life / $c R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick. 264 1 $a New York : $b W. W. Norton & Company, $c 2019. 300 $a xx, 236 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index. 520 $a "From colonial times into the twentieth century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Americans came to associate atheism with radical social philosophies that advocated violence--especially anarchism and communism. Avowed nonbelievers were derided, even the famous patriot Thomas Paine. Only in the twentieth century, with the passage of laws allowing for conscientious objection to war, did nonbelief enter debates about religious liberty. Still, today every one of the fifty states has God written into its constitution, with eight requiring a belief in God for holding public office. God is everywhere in American public life: on our currency, in the Pledge of Allegiance, and in the national motto. R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick explore both God's omnipresence and the dramatic rise in nonbelievers that has led to an "atheist awakening" intent on holding the country to its secular principles"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Atheists $x Political activity $z United States. 650 0 $a Religion and state $z United States. 650 0 $a Religion and politics $z United States. 700 1 $a Kramnick, Isaac, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716030055.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230912012642.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6820747CD93E11EAB1ED5B0F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search