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How the Religious Right is Hijacking the Declaration of Independence
Wiley
June 2007
On Sale: June 4, 2007
208 pages ISBN: 0470084553 EAN: 9780470084557 Hardcover
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"This is an engaging refutation of an insidious form of
'political correctness' of the right—the nonsensical idea
that our country was founded on Christian principles.
Anyone, left or right, who admires the foundations of
American democracy will enjoy this spirited reminder of the
Founding Fathers' true genius."
—Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University
author of The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, and The
Stuff of Thought "The wall of separation between church and state is one of
the great barriers to religious tyranny. Among the wall's
most articulate defenders is Dershowitz, who shows in this
readable book why the authors of our Declaration feared
theocracy and favored democracy."
—Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law School
and President of the American Civil Liberties Union "Blasphemy proves that many Christians are as deliberately
bewildered about the history of our nation as they are about
the evolution of life on this planet. Dershowitz has done a
great service in rescuing Jefferson, Adams, and the other
Founding Fathers from the religious delusions of the
Christian Right. This book will strike a great blow to the
forces of theocracy in the United States."
—Sam Harris, author of the New York Times bestsellers The
End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation "Right wing Christian zealots don't know Thomas Jefferson
from Jefferson Starship. The assertion that our Declaration
of Independence is a Christian document is absurd. Colonists
fled Europe to escape religious persecution, not to be
controlled by a different religion. Dershowitz proves that
Jefferson and his compatriots purposely built a wall between
Church and State that the Religious Right is now attempting
to destroy. If conservative Christians are successful at
shoving God down our throats, the end of democracy as we
know it will soon follow."
—U.S. Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) "Blasphemy is a brilliant, well-researched critique of the
Religious Right's 'Christian Nation' mythology and its
misuse of the American historical record. Just as
significant, Professor Dershowitz illuminates the open
hostility and vitriol this movement routinely exhibits
toward all, religious or secular, who dare to challenge its
faulty conclusions."
—Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director, Americans United for
Separation of Church and State
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