Reply #27: God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields

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On Sunday, June 17 at 10:30 am
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God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields
Peter Irons

Constitutional lawyer Peter Irons outlines major court cases involving the separation of church and state in his book "God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields." The book focuses on cases involving a cross in a public park; organized prayer at high school football games; Ten Commandment displays in courtrooms; the pledge of allegiance in public schools; and teaching the intelligent design theory in schools. Mr. Irons presents first-person accounts from those involved on both sides of each case.

Peter Irons is a civil rights attorney and college professor. He has taught at Boston College, the University of Massachusetts and the University of California-San Diego.