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Cargando... Free to Believe: The Battle Over Religious Liberty in America (edición 2019)por Luke Goodrich (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. While I disagree theologically with one of Goodrich's foundational principles, his arguments for the importance of religious liberty still hold up. He repeats throughout the book that religious freedom is a God-given right "because God gives us the freedom to choose Him or not" (paraphrase), but as someone who believes in predestination I substituted that it's a God-given right "because God calls some to follow Him and enables others not to." Which I found to function just as well with everything Goodrich said. This book explains what religious liberty means, why it's important, how to stand up for religious freedom, and how to avoid religious liberty conflicts where possible while holding to one's convictions. I found my view of religious liberty both bettered and expanded through reading this book. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A leading religious freedom attorney, the veteran of several Supreme Court battles, helps people of faith understand religious liberty in our rapidly changing culture--why it matters, how it is threatened, and how to respond with confidence and grace. WINNER OF THE CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD® * THE GOSPEL COALITION'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, PUBLIC THEOLOGY & CURRENT EVENTS * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WORLD MAGAZINE Many Americans feel like their religious freedom is under attack. They see the culture changing around them, and they fear that their beliefs will soon be punished as a form of bigotry. Others think these fears are overblown and say Christians should stop complaining about imaginary persecution. In Free to Believe leading religious freedom attorney Luke Goodrich challenges both sides of this debate, offering a fresh perspective on the most controversial religious freedom conflicts today. With penetrating insights on gay rights, abortion rights, Islam, and the public square, Goodrich argues that threats to religious freedom are real--but they might not be quite what you think. As a lawyer at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Goodrich has won several historic Supreme Court victories for clients such as the Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby. Combining frontline experience with faithful attention to Scripture, Goodrich shows why religious freedom matters, how it is threatened, and how to protect it. The result is a groundbreaking book full of clear insight, practical wisdom, and refreshing hope for all people of faith. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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For those "deep inside", they will probably rate this book around 4* or 5*. From that perspective, it is solid but might step on a few toes here and there - and they're not always going to like its slightly-more-pragmatic-than-many-of-them approach to its reasoning.
For the "far outside" crowd, they're probably going to rate this thing much closer to 1*, though the more objective among them might hit it at 2*. There are just so many issues with the book, and this crowd will likely judge them more harshly than I'm about to.
So that is the range I would expect depending on where a particular reader falls on the scale of "deep inside" Christendom - particularly its American version - vs "far outside" of it. Standing at the door, I note that I deduct 1 star immediately the instant I see prooftexting, which is the practice of citing random Bible verses out of context in support of some point or another.
The fact that the prooftexting herein is so rampant - from the ending of the first chapter until nearly literally the last words of the text - and so invidious - several times very obviously taking verses *far* from their original context and meaning by any even semi objective reasoning and often times taking as little as a single word from a particular verse - means that I can't rate this any higher than 3*. And we haven't even gotten to the other issues yet.
The other issues being factual errors and logical fallacies, mostly strawmen but also a few others. This, from a lawyer that boasts of his perfect US Supreme Court record! Factual errors include claiming that a factory is a "typical" work environment in the US. It hasn't been for many years now. Similarly, the author claims that "many" doctors were practicing while abortion was still completely illegal in the US, pre-Roe v Wade, which was decided nearly 37 yrs before the publication of this book. How many professionals - of any stripe - do you know who are still working after 4o years?
The strawmen primarily involve abortion, gay rights, and public spaces - which form 4 of 7 chapters in the biggest section of the book. Here, it becomes evident - particularly in the author's discussion of gay rights - that his closeness to the issue from his professional work becomes as much a hindrance to what he is willing to speak to as a help in pointing out various legal aspects of the circumstances.
It is because of these final two issues that I had to drop my own rating from 3* to 2*.
There is much good to be found here, and at minimum it can help even non-Christians see what prominent Christian legal scholars are thinking. But the issues are simply too rampant to allow me to rank it any higher. Recommended, but should be read with an eye to what is not said as much as what is. ( )