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Point, Jacoby.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)

American Prospect, The,  September, 2005  by Threlkeld, Albert

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THE ARTICLES "WITH GOD on Our Side?" [August] by Jim Wallis ["Time to Take Our Faith Back"] and Susan Jacoby ["Reason Before Religion"] are thoroughly good reading on the role of religion in public life. Though both authors suggest that a moral consensus must be an aim of public debate and that religion does not equal morality--our political heritage owes a debt to both secularists and people of faith--it is Jacoby who makes the more compelling argument because she is more realistic about human behavior.

Religious convictions often require ...

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