978-1-58838-118-7
1-58838-118-8
$17.95 paperback
5 3/8" x 8 3/8"
269 pages
Court Street Press
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Alabama
Governor James Forbe was elected to office on one simple promise: he would
make Christian prayer mandatory in public schools. And he delivers,
making one-half of his home state ecstatic.
Two grade-school girls, Emma and Susie, follow the governor's orders and
begin reading the prayer off the chalkboard every day at school. But
strange things start happening when Susie and Emma accidentally invert
some of the words; the prayers--all of them, no matter how outrageous or
heartfelt--begin coming true.
Part fable and part wake-up call to the politicians and voters who
continue to push for the convergence of church and state, The Prayer
Amendment is biting, funny satire at its best, with well-intentioned
individuals caught up in the maelstrom of religious politics in the deep
South.
about the author
S. Dennis Hale is a graduate of Samford University and New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary. He served 25 years in Europe as fraternal
representative to Spain's Baptist Evangelical Union and is now a retired
Baptist pastor, an acting Unitarian Universalist minister, and a freelance
Spanish translator/interpreter. His web address: http://www.dennishale.com
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