138
The People v. Ruggles,8 Johns. 295 (1811); Wills,
Under God,p. 424; David J. Brewer,
The United States: A Christian Nation(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1905); Justice Sutherland,
U.S. v. Macintosh,283 U.S. 605 (1931), 633-34; Justice David J. Brewer,
Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S.,143 US 457 (1892), 465, 471; Justice William O. Douglas,
Zorach v. Clauson,343 U.S. 306 (1952), 312; Foster, "A Christian Nation: Signs of a Covenant", p. 122, 134-135; Thomas C. Reeves, "The Collapse of the Mainline Churches", in Robert Royal ed.,
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139 Quoted in Marsden,
Fundamentalism and American Culture, p.12.
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140 Russell Shorto, "Belief by the Numbers",
New York Time Magazine,7 December 1997, p. 60; Barna Research Group results in
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New York Times,10 April 1991, p. A1; National Election Studies.
141 Diana Eck, "Neighboring Faiths: How Will Americans Cope with Increasing Religious Diversity?"
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New York Times,29 January 2000, p. A11.
142 Will Kymlicka,
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143
New York Times,10 April 1991, p. A1, A16, 24 April 2000, p. A11;
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144 Trollope quoted in Seymour Martin Lipset,
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145 Irving Kristol, "On the Political Stupidity of the Jews",
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146 Karl Zinsmeister, "Indicators",
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147 Wills,
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148 Gallup and Castelli,
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149 Butler,
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The Churching of America,p. 15-16.
l50 Tocqueville,
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151 Justice Douglas, Zorach v. Clawson, 343 U. S. 306 (1952), 313;
President Eisenhower, quoted in Mead, The Nation with the Soul of a Church,p. 25.
152 Conrad Cherry, "Two American Sacred Ceremonies: Their Implications fore the Study of Religion in America",
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153 W. Lloyd Warner, "An American Sacred Ceremony", in Russell E. Richey and Donald G. Jones, eds.,
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154 Peter Steinfels, "Beliefs: God at the Inauguration: An Encounter That Defies American Notions About Church and State",
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