Secular Government, Religious People
- ISBN-10
- 0802870791
- ISBN-13
- 9780802870797
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-02
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
- Authors
- Ira C. Lupu, Robert W. Tuttle
Description
Argues that the secular character of the American government, rather than a set of individual rights, is the centerpiece of religious liberty in the United States.
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