{"product_id":"how-to-be-secular-a-call-to-arms-for-religious-freedom-9780544105164","title":"How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003eFounding father Thomas Jefferson believed that \"religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God,\" but these days many people seem to have forgotten this ideal. Conservatives claim America is a \"Christian nation\" and urge that laws be structured around religious convictions. Hardcore atheists, meanwhile, seek to undermine and attack religion at all levels. Surely there must be a middle ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Secular\u003c\/em\u003e, Jacques Berlinerblau issues a call to the moderates--those who are tired of the belligerence on the fringes--that we return to America's long tradition of secularism, which seeks to protect both freedom from and for religion. He looks at the roots of secularism and examines how it should be bolstered and strengthened so that Americans of all stripes can live together peacefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jacques Berlinerblau mounts a careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more secularists . . . The author's argument merits a wide hearing and will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom.\" --Randall Balmer, author of \u003cem\u003eThy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlinerblau, Jacques:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJACQUES BERLINERBLAU\u003c\/b\u003e, professor at Georgetown University and director of the Program for Jewish Civilization, is the author of four books. He has appeared on radio, television, and print, including NPR, CNN, Al-Jazeera, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post, U.S. News and World Report \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the host of the webcast Faith Complex, which appears on \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903535321362,"sku":"9780544105164","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f45976d-6c13-42e3-ab56-ca8f7e1b751e.jpg?v=1738497157","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-be-secular-a-call-to-arms-for-religious-freedom-9780544105164","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}