We often ask our citizens to split their public and private selves, telling them in effect that it is fine to be religious in private, but there is something askew when those private beliefs become the basis for public action.


The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion (ed. Basic Books, 1993)

Stephen L. Carter Quotes

We often ask our citizens to split their public and private selves, telling them in effect that it is fine to be religious in private, but there is...

We often ask our citizens to split their public and private selves, telling them in effect that it is fine to be religious in private, but there is...

We often ask our citizens to split their public and private selves, telling them in effect that it is fine to be religious in private, but there is...

We often ask our citizens to split their public and private selves, telling them in effect that it is fine to be religious in private, but there is...