Rendering to God and Caesar: Critical Readings for American Government

You are holding in your hands a piece of the counterculture. The recent tendency in the academic world has been away from primary sources and toward textbooks. Being a fairly traditional lot, we find that unacceptable. We focus on the “big ideas” that have shaped American government. There are many ways to gain exposure to these ideas, but in our opinion, none are better than actually reading the primary sources that first articulated them. That is why you will see many founding documents, Supreme Court cases, and momentous speeches within these pages. This collection will whet your appetite for exploring our rich American governmental heritage. Our hope is that 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!Rendering to God and Caesar: Critical Readings for American Government 2nd Edition is written by Mark Caleb Smith; Marc Clauson; Emily K. Ferkaluk; Justin D. Lyons; David Rich; Kevin Sims and published by Sheffield Publishing, Inc.. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Rendering to God and Caesar: Critical Readings for American Government are 9781879215931, 1879215934 and the print ISBNs are 9781879215894, 1879215896.