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    Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
    Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
    Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life
    Audiobook9 hours

    Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

    Written by R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick

    Narrated by Matthew Boston

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateAug 21, 2018
    ISBN9781684413775
    Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life

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    • 4/5
      Excellent narration and fascinating topic. Well-worth your attention.

      It reaches some incisive conclusions that atheist leaders should take to heart

      My only criticism was the excessive length and repetition of court case summaries that make the same points over and over