Godly Republic: A Centrist Blueprint for America’s Faith-Based Future: A Former White House Official Explodes Ten Polarizing Myths about Religion and Government in America Today"Do you know if you are going to heaven?" Shortly after being appointed the first Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives—the "faith czar"—John J. DiIulio Jr. was asked this question. Suddenly DiIulio, a Catholic Democrat who pioneered programs for inner-city children, was acutely aware that he was no longer a private citizen who might have humored the television evangelist standing before him. Now he was, as he recalls in his introduction—"responsible for assisting the president in faithfully upholding the Constitution . . . and faithfully acting in the public interest without regard to religious identities." Using his brief tenure in the George W. Bush administration as a springboard, this lively, informative, and entertaining book leaps into the ongoing debate over whether as a nation America is Christian or secular and to what degree church-state separation is compelled by the Constitution. Avoiding political pieties, DiIulio makes an impassioned case for a middle way. Written by a leading political scholar, Godly Republic offers a fast-paced, faith-inspired, and fact-based approach to enhancing America's civic future for one and all. |
Contents
The Founders Faithful Consensus | 24 |
MADISON | 31 |
NO FAITH IS BEYOND FACTION | 35 |
MADISONS MULTIPLICITY OF SECTS VERSUS THE ANTIFEDERALISTS | 40 |
THE BILL OF RIGHTS | 46 |
NEOANTIFEDERALISTS VERSUS JUDICIAL TYRANNY | 49 |
The Courts Neutrality Doctrine | 55 |
STRICT SEPARATION DOCTRINES ANTICATHOLIC ROOTS | 58 |
RELIGIOUS VOUCHER VISIONS | 142 |
AMACHI | 147 |
The Nations Spiritual Capital | 153 |
BRIDGING BLACKS AND WHITES | 157 |
SCORES OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED | 165 |
PUTTING FAITH IN CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS | 176 |
THE THREE FAITH FACTORS | 180 |
The Republics FaithBased Future | 191 |
RELIGION AND EDUCATION | 63 |
FREE EXERCISE VERSUS INDIRECT ESTABLISHMENT | 70 |
BLAME THE FOUNDERS THE ANTIFEDERALISTS AND THE PEOPLE | 76 |
The Peoples Charitable Choice | 82 |
PURPLE PEOPLE ON CHURCHSTATE | 89 |
TURNING RED OVER RELIGION? | 94 |
TWO ELECTORAL EXTREMES EQUAL ONETHIRD | 97 |
PROXY GOVERNMENT GETS RELIGION 19962000 | 102 |
NO BUSH VERSUS GORE ON FAITHBASED | 110 |
The Presidents Bipartisan Prayer | 116 |
THREE STEPS TO THE ROAD NOT TAKEN | 122 |
THE BUSH FAITH BILL | 128 |
BELIEVERS ONLY NEED APPLY? | 137 |
PRATT VERSUS PRATT | 197 |
CHURCH STATE AND LARGER COMMUNITIES | 212 |
MATTHEW 25 | 218 |
The FaithBased Futures Blessings | 223 |
FBOS AS CIVIC VALUE STOCKS | 225 |
YOUNG BLACK LOWINCOME URBAN MALES | 231 |
BACK TO AMERICAS FAITHBASED FUTURE | 245 |
Postscript | 253 |
SPIRITUALPOLITIQUE | 260 |
The Williamsburg Charter | 267 |
Notes | 283 |
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