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Rendering to God and Caesar: Critical Readings for American Government
Rendering to God and Caesar Critical Readings for American Government Author:Mark Caleb Smith, Jewerl Maxwell, Marc Clauson, Kevin Sims, David Rich, Andrew Travis To understand American government is, at minimum, to recognize religion s profound influence on our culture and, by extension, our politics. So state the editors of this outstanding collection of 55 wide-ranging readings that survey the function and purpose of American government from its founding to the present. Rendering to God and Caesar is m... more »ostly comprised of primary sources, including founding documents, Supreme Court cases, and momentous speeches. Grouped into six unifying sections with introductions that tie the individual works together and point to their significance, each article is introduced as well by brief comments to highlight specific features or issues. Designed to whet the reader s appetite for exploring the rich American governmental heritage from The Mayflower Compact and excerpts from the writings of Tocqueville and Rothbard to commentary about civil liberties and Barack Obama's speech about ... how religion should influence politics ... sure to generate controversy and lead to lively classroom discussion.« less