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Mark Caleb Smith, Marc Clauson, Emily K. Ferkaluk, Justin D. Lyons, David Rich and Kevin Sims
Rendering to God and Caesar
Critical Readings for American Government
Second Edition
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Description:
This book focuses on the “big ideas” that
have shaped American government. There are many ways for
students to be exposed to these ideas, but the editors believe there is
no better approach than actually reading the primary sources that
first articulated them. This well-balanced collection, therefore, represents a trove of founding documents, Supreme Court cases, and
momentous speeches. In their variety and breadth, the selection of
documents, arranged thematically, will whet readers’ appetite for
exploring our rich American governmental heritage. The editors hope
this may be the beginning of a lifelong interest in the basis of our
American government—how we got where we are today, and how
we are to proceed from here!
Table of Contents:
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Introduction
I America’s Founding
Ideals
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- Magna Carta Libertatum
- The Mayflower Compact
- “Little Speech on Liberty” - John
Winthrop
- Second Treatise of Government - John Locke
- “On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and
Non-Resistance” - Jonathan Boucher
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Constitution of the United States of America
- The Federalist No. 2 - John Jay (“Publius”)
- The Federalist No. 10 - James Madison
(“Publius”)
- The Federalist No. 51 - James Madison
(“Publius”)
- Anti-Federalist Papers No. 2 - Brutus
- Anti-Federalist Papers No. 3 - Cato
- Anti-Federalist Papers No. 9 - Montezuma
- “Speech to the Federalist Society Lawyers
Division” - Edwin Meese, III
- “Speech to the Text and Teaching
Symposium” - William J. Brennan, Jr.
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II The Federal System
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The Legislature
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- The Federalist No. 57 - James Madison
(“Publius”)
- The Federalist No. 63 - James Madison
(“Publius”)
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- “Speech to the Electors of Bristol” -
Edmund Burke
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The Executive
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- The Federalist No. 70 - Alexander Hamilton
(“Publius”)
- Korematsu v. United States
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The Judiciary
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- The Federalist No. 78 - Alexander Hamilton
(“Publius”)
- Marbury v. Madison
- Wickard v. Filburn
- The Espionage Act
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III American Political Culture and
Ideology
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- Democracy in America - Alexis de Tocqueville
- “Constitutional Government in the United
States” - Woodrow Wilson
- “State of the Union Message to Congress”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Declaration of Sentiments - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- The National Organization for Women’s 1966
Statement of Purpose - Betty Friedan
- “A Time for Choosing” - Ronald Reagan
- “Ten Conservative Principles” - Russell
Kirk
- For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto -
Murray N. Rothbard
- Christ and Culture - H. Richard Niebuhr
- “The Uneasy Conscience 45 Years Later” -
Carl F. H. Henry
- The Courage to Be Protestant - David Wells
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IV Religion and the State
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- City of God - Augustine
- Notes on the State of Virginia - Thomas Jefferson
- “Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious
Assessments” - James Madison
- The Gospel of Wealth - Andrew Carnegie
- The Social Principles of Jesus - Walter
Rauschenbusch
- The Myth of a Christian Nation - Greg Boyd
- Politics–According to the Bible - Wayne Grudem
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V Civil Rights
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- “The Perpetuation of Our Political
Institutions” - Abraham Lincoln
- Dred Scott v. Sandford
- “Speech on the Dred Scott Decision” -
Abraham Lincoln
- “The Gettysburg Address” - Abraham
Lincoln
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Brown v. Board of Education
- “Letter from Birmingham Jail” - Martin
Luther King, Jr.
- Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
- Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
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VI Civil Liberties
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- The Sedition Act
- On Liberty - John Stuart Mill
- Texas v. Johnson
- “Letter to the Danbury Baptists” -
Thomas Jefferson
- Lee v. Weisman
- Kelo v. New London
- Roe v. Wade
- Obergefell v. Hodges
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