Separation of church and state

It is because religion is very important for Americans. Religion in America has intensified the way people see American political life. Religion and politics are seen in a way that is not seen in other developed countries. Religion in the United States, is very important to the people who live here. Over half of Americans say that religion is very important to them in their daily lives; making America more religious then Europe. If you look into the past, Europe has been very religious, and wars…

to criticize the Christian community (perhaps leaders of the church as well) by accusing American Christians of not practicing what they preach/believe in. The non-Christian observer will suggest that Christianity in America is more of an inward approach to the religion. In other words, they are more involved in their own self-righteousness, than helping humanity. Going to church, repenting for their sins, and giving money to the church, is all about their own salvation and not to help others…

The English philosopher and political John Locke was born August 29, 1632, in Wrington, United Kingdom. Years 1652-1667, Locke was a student and then priest at Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied metaphysics and classics. John Locke was educated about medicine and a believer in the experiential approaches of the Scientific Revolution. Year 1666, Locke met the legislator Anthony Ashley Cooper, who later became the first Earl of Shaftesbury. The two grew a strong friendship that soon turned…

Americans even though the States had claimed it. Congress made “treaties” with the natives allowing the Americans to take the land and the natives could not do anything about it since they had obtained the land from the British who no longer were in control of the colonies. Some of the smaller states that had established their borders felt it unfair that larger states that had not established their borders could claim large areas of land when smaller ones could not. These smaller states…

Second Great Awakening The Second Great Awakening promoted the idea of individualism and choosing a path to follow and a future to pursue. One aspect that shaped the Second Great Awakening was the idea of revivals and if someone does not find God during their time on earth they will be sent to eternal damnation. Revivals were one way to break away from their sins and start again. One powerful preacher who held several day long revivals was Charles G. Finney. Finney was one of the most…

against Britain in the American Revolutionary War. The country became poor due to the fact that they had borrowed a lot of money which they invested in the wars. Before the time leading up to the French revolution, France was headed by the Catholic church as well as by nobles.Many people disliked the absolute rule that monarchs and nobles had. The three Estates of france were not divided fairly. The First and Second Estates were made up of the clergy and of nobles while the Third Estate was…

women. What is happening in Washington about women's rights is appalling enough but to hear of it happening in Illinois is even more so. I know the state is financially in a bind but if women's rights are not upheld here the damage from DC will rain down in the years to come. I have not been as diligent in keeping track of bills coming through the state government other than the budget fiasco courtesy of the governor. Now, I guess I better be on top of everything Illinois as well. Then, I'll…

philosophes. Europeans no longer lived in the middle ages. Ocean voyages and the printing press brought them to a new way of life which was never thought possible before. The Protestant Reformation encouraged people to questions the teachings of the church and the printing press helped spread ideas faster than ever before. It was the perfect storm for philosophes. Thomas Hobbes wrote in the Leviathan that people are incapable of…

fourteenth century to the seventeenth century, and was hallmarked with its advancements in Art, Music, Science, and the introduction of Secularism and Humanism. The period can trace its roots back to Italy, which was made up of several city states, from these city states, the Renaissance expanded into northern Europe, where the ideas flourished and the period of Feudalism and the medieval times soon came to an end. With the Renaissance being a time of diversification and exploration into new…

made alive in Christ. 2.1. We were dead in our transgressions and sin, this was the state we were in before receiving Christ (1-3) In verse 1 Paul writes ‘As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins’. “The death to which Paul referred was not physical death, as is clear from Paul’s description. Death is a metaphor for the existence of people who are alienated from God. Life is in God alone. Separation from God is death. The cause of spiritual death is identified as ‘trespasses and…