Anoth­er Oppos­ing View­points book with the same title as this one, pub­lished in 2001 and appar­ent­ly still in print, was not avail­able for review. It is pos­si­ble that this is an updat­ed ver­sion with new cur­rent mate­r­i­al added. The usu­al series for­mat is fol­lowed with pro and con posi­tions on such con­tro­ver­sial issues as: Is Amer­i­ca a reli­gious or a sec­u­lar nation? What was the intent of the Founders regard­ing reli­gion? What effect should or does reli­gion have on Amer­i­can soci­ety? Does Chris­t­ian fun­da­men­tal­ism threat­en our free­dom? What should be the role of reli­gion in the pub­lic schools? Should reli­gious doc­trine influ­ence deci­sions about abor­tion and tra­di­tion­al mar­riage? Mate­ri­als cho­sen from peri­od­i­cal arti­cles, speech­es, and essays cov­er­ing the entire spec­trum from the far right to the lib­er­al left make up the con­tents. Con­tact orga­ni­za­tions, a bib­li­og­ra­phy, and index are includ­ed as is usu­al for this series. Even if the 2001 edi­tion is owned, this bal­anced work should be con­sid­ered because of the extreme­ly up-to-date infor­ma­tion on some very divi­sive issues that it pro­vides. For teenage read­ers and adults.