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Johnston, P. "A Historical Argument Against the Separation of Church and State." January 2008. Right Remedy. September 2010 .
Authored by a clergyman, this website collected quotations from a number of political figures, legal documents, and primary source materials to show that there is a tie between Christianity and the United States.
Maclear, J. Church and State in the Modern Age. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Scholarly reference that presents virtually every major document associated with the manner...
This also includes State and Federal Constitutions from most countries; and supplies bibliographic references in a cogent manner.
Paschal, G. "The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully Annotated." 1868. Morrison Law Booksellers. September 2010 .
A reprint on GoolgeBooks, this volume analyzes the Constitution based on the current political and social thought of the era; often finding an inexorable tie between the State and Christianity.
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Feldman, N. Divided by God. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Written from a legal perspective (Feldman is a Law Professor at New York University), the book examines the balance between religion and state power over 200 years. This was the attempt for a new government, whose population was made up of many different religions, figured out a way to compromise so that both could survive. The book is not polemic, and in fact asks the nation to move beyond a battlefield where the secular and religious forces aggressively pursue their own mutually exclusive goals, and instead to seek a deeper understanding of what values we all hold in common, and to recognize the importance of engaging in constructive debate in order to find and define that commonality together.
Hamilton, M. God vs. The Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Written primarily for the lay audience, Hamilton investigates numerous contentious religious issues-from headline cases in which Catholic clergy have sought clerical immunity for alleged acts of child abuse to obscure episodes in which Sikh parents have protested against school policies preventing sons from carrying ceremonial knives. But all of the various episodes Hamilton chronicles ultimately underscore one simple thesis: Americans' right to believe whatever religious doctrines they choose deserves absolute protection; Americans' right to act on religious belief should end whenever such actions harm or endanger others.
Jefferson, T. "Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists." 1 January 1802. Library of Congress. 19 September 2010 <http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danpre.html>.
Johnston, P. "A Historical Argument Against the Separation of Church and State." January 2008. Right Remedy. September 2010
Paschal, G. "The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully Annotated." 1868. Morrison Law Booksellers. September 2010 <http://books.google.com/books?id=E0D5t1NG_WUC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=%22people+v.+ruggles%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22people%20v.%20ruggles%22&f=false>.
Separation Church State Study by NORC which was held at the University of Chicago reveals that although abruptly divided, people's attitudes towards homosexuals are changing swiftly, young generation leads the way. Hence there is greater acceptance and positivity. Majority of public is not just in favor of same-sex relationships and marriages but they do also support elementary civil liberties and independence of expression of homosexuals overwhelmingly. This fact goes totally in
Freed from original sin, the City of God is the perfection of harmony between God and human beings. In his book, Augustine then finally dispels the idea of the Roman Empire being the earthly establishment of God's kingdom. It was simply too imperfect. Hence, he promoted the separation of Church and state as entities with two distinct purposes on earth. Because of this separation, Augustine holds that Christians cannot feel
They felt that it was time the people were let free to practice what they believe and express their views and the only way to achieve this was to adopt democracy since theocracy did not provide a chance for such freedom. The other factor that probably led the founding fathers to rebel against theocracy was the fact the Church of England was being controlled by the king (Simpson, 1955).
The Catholic Church Government The internal government of the early Church was formed within the framework of the Roman Empire, and bishops exercised authority over the Christian community in each Roman municipium. By the third century, a shift took place as the bishops of each Roman province formed the habit of meeting in a provincial synod, presided over by the bishop of the capital city, meaning the metropolitan bishop or archbishop.
Catholic church and public policy have remarked that the members of American clergy in general, without even excepting those who do not admit religious liberty, are all in favour of civil freedom; but they do not support any particular political system. They keep aloof from parties, and from public affairs. In the United States religion exercises but little influence upon laws, and upon the details of public opinion; but it
Catholic Church in Spain and the United States The Catholic Church has been a very significant religious and political institution in the Europe. Its origins can be traced to a thousand years when Christianity was itself in its infancy. It was a symbol of colossal authority and was much regarded as an institution that was as similar to the installed governmental mechanism of any nation state. Its power and influence spread