A Letter Concerning Toleration

During the eighteenth century France lived in an era where knowledge was abundant. The most influential thinkers of the day presented the ideas of the Enlightenment, a new European outlook on religion, society, and policies. The ideas that the thinkers examined demonstrate the importance of challenging existing institutions. As a French major, the body of knowledge that the Enlightenment scholars provided a lens into how past ideas can influence modern society. Throughout this essay, knowledge…

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One of the most common misconceptions of Americanized Christianity is this Christianity is, itself the perfect model of Christianity. Our manifest struggles with the meaning of Christianity, and its application within our social structure has set to define the United States as a “Christian” nation – that is a nation founded and built upon a foundation of Christian principle. This misguided idea has lead many to defend a quasi-theocracy that was never intended to be the fundamental tenet of our…

differed greatly, and agreed upon different ways to rule together. They lived as equals in these communities and shared their collective wealth with each other. However, the idea of the separation of church and state helped guide the way for religious toleration and inspiring (Blosser, Anabaptist), for the most part, pacifism. However, because they did not follow popular doctrine and criticized Catholic practices, they were labeled heretics and persecuted. One man named Balthasar Hubmainer who…

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John Locke definitely viewed liberty as something that is extremely important to the people of any given society. In John Locke’s second Treaties of civil government, he clearly outlined his worldview; one in which democracy should trump autocracy, a world where the individuals of any given country or society, have an opportunity to determine the direction and operation of such societies. To fully understand just how fundamental Locke believes liberty was to human beings is to first understand…

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