On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding By Michael Novak Encounter Books, 235 pages, $23.95

Excerpt:

The book couldn't come at a better time. The 2000 presidential campaign marked the start of a serious reconsideration of religion's place in American public life; now the war on terrorism has added urgency to this debate, given our foes' willingness to co-opt religion for their own purposes.

Mr. Bockhorn is an associate editor at the Weekly Standard and a Lincoln fellow of the Claremont Institute. Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at AEI.