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Janice Carter raises her arms in prayer on the Mall at the nation's capital for an America for Jesus event in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The church-state dilemma
Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/29/2008, 9:06 a.m.
It is a debate that has been with us ever since the First Amendment was penned. What role should faith play in the nation's civic life? And what did the framers of the Constitution intend when they wrote that congress "shall make no respecting establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"?
Guests
Randall Balmer: Professor of American Religious History at Barnard College, Columbia University. His most recent book is "God in the White House."
Charles Haynes: Senior scholar with the First Amendment Center.
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- The church-state dilemma (program audio)
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