Religious Freedom and American History: Reasons to Thank GodBerkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksMark Caleb Smith
The Treaty of Tripoli, signed between the United States and Libya, states that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion" and that "it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of [Muslim...
President Obama declared: “This is America. And our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country and that they will not be treated differently by their government is ...
As the architect of religious freedom in America, Jefferson himself was a venerated figure in Jewish households. Hardly less so was his devoted lieutenant, James Madison, who had introduced the First Amendment into the Constitution. Accordingly, Jews who were active in politics gravitated almost refl...
Williams begins the history of religious toleration in America. 5、Williams的宗教观点:Toleration did not stem from a lack of religious convictions. Instead, it sprang from the idea that simply to be virtuous in conduct and devout in belief did not give anyone the right to force belief on othe...
in the early history of America, and to their efforts we owe the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which guarantees religious liberty. The Puritans attempted to present a totally false story of what happened in New England. Backus not only chronicled that history, but also ...
ordinary people have been eager to suppress people who profess a faith that falls out of the mainstream.Religious persecutioncan include everything from murder to censorship and social opprobrium. Even when religious freedom is protected by law, as in the US Constitution, it may not exist in ...
In America, and especially in the nineteenth century, the idea that God speaketh rather than spake, and that he might be dissenting from the reputable clergy, would inspire a host of enthusiastic prophets and religious movements, notably including the young Joseph Smith and his Latter-Day Saints...
of the origins of their new country.,Pilgrims 102 In search of religious freedom / to escape religious persecution迫害 Sailed from Plymouth, England in 1620 Failed to reach Virginia Founded a town, which they named Plymouth,Mayflower Compact 五月花号”公约,The first governing document of the ...
have been tied to inspiring andconsolatory imaginations. No reconciliation is possible between religion and philosophy except through the philosophers’ recognitionthat they have found no substitute for the moral function of the...