In Freedom We Trust by Edward M. Buckner, Michael E. Buckner - 9781616146443

In Freedom We TrustAn Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty\nAuthor(s): Edward M. Buckner, Michael E. Buckner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Prometheus Books, United States\nImprint: Prometheus Books\nISBN-13: 9781616146443, 978-1616146443\nSynopsis\nOpponents attack the president of the United States for not being a real Christian. Bitter arguments erupt over whether the United States is or should be a Christian nation. Sound familiar? \n\nThese contentious issues are not just recent developments but were also the topics of fierce debate in the late eighteenth century. Like President Obama today, President Thomas Jefferson had to contend with accusations that his religious convictions were questionable. Against complaints that the writers of the Constitution did not invoke God, John Adams replied, \""It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods.\"" \n\nThis book covers these and other related issues from the two-centuries-long debate o.