Volume 55, Number 5 · April 3, 2008

The Right-Wing Christians

By Andrew Delbanco
Head and Heart: American Christianities
by Garry Wills

Penguin, 626 pp., $29.95

Some people think the following two propositions cannot both be true: (1) The founders of the United States believed that churches should be protected and encouraged. (2) The founders of the United States believed that government should not assist or support churches.



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