One Nation Over God: The Americanization Of Christianity

Throughout American history, from the earliest moments until the present, American Christians have been more American than they have been Christian, willingly and unconsciously integrating faith with political philosophy at the expense of both. Not only have the basic tenets of the Christian faith been compromised and violated, in the interest of protecting our right to practice our faith along with our basic American freedoms, we have been guilty of denying the rights and freedoms of any who are seen to oppose.