Open AccessOne Nation under God: The Religious Right and the Separation of Church and State in the United States
Author(s) -
Graeme Archibald
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the agora
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1927-4793
DOI - 10.29173/agora19042
Subject(s) - separation of church and state , constitution , politics , opposition (politics) , establishment clause , christian right , political science , law , state (computer science) , faith , secular state , first amendment , sociology , theology , supreme court , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
In the increasingly polarised debate that is American politics, religion and religious belief has garnered a significant amount of attention in recent years, particularly `on the right-wing of the political spectrum. Despite the separation of Church and State expressly laid out in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, many Republican politicians and faith-based organisations reject the idea of a secular United States and instead assert the supremacy of Judeo-Christian values in the American political discourse. This paper seeks to examine the activities of right-wing Christian political organisations, who oppose Church/State separation and their connections to U.S. politicians, as well as the deeper causes of the Religious Right’s staunch opposition to the Establishment Clause.