Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction [Hardcover]

Robert L. Cord (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 315 pages
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group (September 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801025311
• ISBN-13: 978-0801025310
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,357,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Book strikes a Cord, December 24, 1999

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Chris Muro (Melbourne, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction (Hardcover)

Robert L Cord relates a cogent history of America's religious tradition, demonstrating how current "establishment clause" jurisprudence would be unrecognizible to our Founders. Cord documents important, little know facts about church and state relations in early America. From Jefferson petitioning Congress for appropriations for Catholic priests to "convert the Indians," to Massachusetts having an established church until 1833, forty-four years after the ratification of the First Amendment,Cord, in an informative and enjoyable manner, proves conclusively that Christian principles and Civil government have always existed concomitantly in American life.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most comprehensive Chursh-State review I've found, October 4, 2001

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Barnabas Sprinkle "first time parent" (Decatur, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction (Hardcover)

Covers legal, political, and historical trends of the varied Church/State relationships in the U.S. Easy to read and well documented. I did my honors thesis on Church/State relationships, and I wish I had read this first. It has an intelligent analysis that does not merely assume the modern conception and argue it, but considers many sides of the issues. A must for people who want to think these issues through.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Like most books on this subject, it has a severe bias, August 13, 2006

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G. Waddell "quantumduck" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction (Hardcover)

This book, like most in this area, has a severe bias. This book's bias is towards the Christian Right's perspective, that Jefferson et al. were strong Christians. Unfortunately, just a little bit of digging will uncover the disinformation contained in the text.