Godly Republic

by Diiulio, John J., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780520258006
• ISBN10: 0520258002
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-18
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

"Do you know if you are going to heaven?" Shortly after being appointed the first Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives--the "faith czar"--John J. DiIulio Jr. was asked this question. Suddenly DiIulio, a Catholic Democrat who pioneered programs for inner-city children, was acutely aware that he was no longer a private citizen who might have humored the television evangelist standing before him. Now he was, as he recalls in his introduction--"responsible for assisting the president in faithfully upholding the Constitution . . . and faithfully acting in the public interest without regard to religious identities." Using his brief tenure in the George W. Bush administration as a springboard, this lively, informative, and entertaining book leaps into the ongoing debate over whether as a nation America is Christian or secular and to what degree church-state separation is compelled by the Constitution. Avoiding political pieties, DiIulio makes an impassioned case for a middle way. Written by a leading political scholar,Godly Republicoffers a fast-paced, faith-inspired, and fact-based approach to enhancing America's civic future for one and all.

Author Biography

John J. DiIulio, Jr., is Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and the first White House "faith czar"

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction
"Do You Know If You Are Going to Heaven?"	p. 1
Saved in South Jersey	p. 7
Just Ask Pops	p. 13
What Would Madison and Franklin Do?	p. 14
The Founders' Faithful Consensus
Myths 1 and 2: A Godly Republic, Not a Secular State or a Christian Nation	p. 24
One Nation, under God, for All	p. 24
A Warm Civic Welcome, Not a High Legal Wall	p. 29
Between Jefferson and Witherspoon: Madison	p. 31
No Faith Is beyond Faction	p. 35
Madison's Multiplicity of Sects versus the Anti-Federalists	p. 40
Most Blessed Compromise: The Bill of Rights	p. 46
Neo-Anti-Federalists versus Judicial Tyranny	p. 49
The Court's Neutrality Doctrine
Myths 3 and 4: Equal Protection, Not Strict Separation or Special Treatment	p. 55
Blessings in the Balance	p. 55
Strict Separation Doctrine's Anti-Catholic Roots	p. 58
Lemon Aid Stands: Religion and Education	p. 63
Free Exercise versus Indirect Establishment	p. 70
Blame the Founders, the Anti-Federalists, and the People	p. 76
The People's Charitable Choice
Myths 5 and 6: Religious Pluralists, Not Strict Secularists or Religious Purists	p. 82
Bipartisan Beliefs	p. 82
Purple People on Church-State	p. 89
Turning Red over Religion?	p. 94
Two Electoral Extremes Equal One-Third	p. 97
Proxy Government Gets Religion, 1996-2000	p. 102
No Bush versus Gore on "Faith-Based"	p. 110
The President's Bipartisan Prayer
Faith-Based without Works Is Dead	p. 116
Three Steps to the Road Not Taken	p. 122
Neutrality Challenges: The Bush Faith Bill	p. 128
Believers Only Need Apply?	p. 137
Religious Voucher Visions	p. 142
Hope in the Semi-Seen: Amachi	p. 147
The Nation's Spiritual Capital
Myths 7 and 8: Faith-Based Volunteer Mobilization, Not Faith-Saturated Spiritual Transformation	p. 153
Bowling Alone versus Praying Together	p. 153
Big Picture: Bridging Blacks and Whites	p. 157
Faithful Philadelphia: Scores of Services for People in Need	p. 165
Putting Faith in Civic Partnerships	p. 176
Esperanza Objectivo: The Three Faith Factors	p. 180
The Republic's Faith-Based Future
Myths 9 and 10: Civic Ecumenism, Not Sectarian Triumphalism or Secular Extremism	p. 191
Take Prisoners: Evangelical Christians versus Secular Liberals	p. 191
Do unto Others: Pratt versus Pratt	p. 197
Think Catholic: Church, State, and Larger Communities	p. 212
No Post-Poverty Nation: Matthew 25	p. 218
The Faith-Based Future's Blessings
Second Trinity: Three Faith-Free Principles	p. 223
Invest Wisely: FBOs as Civic Value Stocks	p. 225
Target Blessings: Young Black Low-Income Urban Males	p. 231
Honor Thy Franklin: Back to America's Faith-Based Future	p. 245
Postscript
The Faith-Based Global Future	p. 253
Spiritualpolitique	p. 260
The Williamsburg Charter	p. 267
Notes	p. 283
Index	p. 301
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