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The American solution to the problem of religious conflict in politicsthe First Amendment and the religious test clause of Article VI of the Constitutionis not well understood today. Much of the time, in fact, liberals deliberately distort the meaning of these clauses to imply a hostility toward religion. Recovering the rightful understanding can begin with a close look at Thomas Jeffersons Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty.

But readers really interested in a deeper dive into this whole subject should take in Giorgi Areshidzes new book, Democratic Religion from Locke to Obama: Faith and the Civic Life of Democracy. Its out recently from University Press of Kansas, which is unusual among academic publishers for producing books that are actually readable and interesting, even toperhaps especially tothe non-specialist. Dont be scared by the title here. Much of the book discusses the religious aspects of familiar figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., along with some analysis of the problematic approach to religion by the grand vizier of modern liberalism, John Rawls. Areshidze is appropriately skeptical of the coherence of Barack Obamas religious profile, as he explains in this short conversation we had a few weeks back (2:42 long):

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The Problem of Religion and Democracy - Power Line (blog)