God on Trial: Landmark Cases from America's Religious Battlefields Peter Irons As the United States has become increasingly conservative, both politically and socially, in recent years, the fight between the religious right and those advocating for the separation of church and state has only intensified. Combining an approachable, journalistic narrative style with intimate first-person accounts from both sides of the conflict, award-winning author and legal expert Peter Irons relates the stories of six recent cases in communities that have become battlefields in America's growing religious wars. Set against the backdrop of American history, politics, and law, God in Trial also offers an insightful - and often dramatic - report of religious conflicts that have divided Americans for nearly four centuries. Peter Irons is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where he taught constitutional law from 1982 to 2004 and directed the Earl Warren Bill of Rights Project. A Harvard Law School graduate and civil liberties lawyer, he is a member of the Supreme Court bar. His previous books include Justice at War, The Courage of Their Convictions, A People's History of the Supreme Court and Jim Crow's children, all of which received Silver Gavel awards from the American Bar Association.