A new book shows how a cohort of Protestants, Catholics, and Jews altered the nation; from the Social Gospel movement through anti-Communism, Civil Rights and even into the rise of the religious right.
Since a primary goal of creationist endeavors like the proposed “Ark Park” is to rally the faithful and generate group cohesion, the various faulty logic and specious claims make little impact; it provides an explanatory framework for its intended audience’s frustrations and concerns about contemporary American life.
Non-believers and the community of liberal believers, typically the ones attempting to ban religious imagery from the public square, have avoided specifying which forms of communal expression of meaning are appropriate.
Rejecting forty-three years of legal precedent the court voted 5-4 to devote public money to religious institutions. Justice Kennedy wins the 2011 Tortured Judicial Casuistry Award for his remarks.