Chapter 3 Flashcards
Why was it difficult for a Christian to serve in the Roman government or military?
Because we are against sacrificing to other gods.
What did many churchmen and political rulers in the Middle Ages believe a shared morality required?
Shared religion
How did the reformation shatter of the idea of religious unity in Europe?
The Protestants and the Roman Catholics split up.
Who was the British philosopher that initially opposed religious freedom but later embraced it?
John Locke
What is natural law?
The belief that all people have a conscience and recognize that certain moral truths exist in nature.
What were many Englishmen fleeing by immigrating to North America?
Religious persecution
Who embraced Christianity in the Roman Empire?
Emperor Constantine
What document, signed in 1620, established a temporary government in the New world?
The mayflower compact
Social Contract
People agreed to submit to a government in exchange for the protection of their rights.
When was the Mayflower Contract signed?
November 11th.
Until the 19th century, America was dominated by who? Where did they come from?
Evangelical Protestants, and they came from England.
What were the two clauses of the first amendment?
The free exercise clause and the social contract
What was the free exercise clause?
The people get to decide their own religion.
Pluralism
The coexistence of a diversity of ethnic, social, religious, and political backgrounds, is encreasingly common in America.
What is secularism’s basic thesis?
Religion is a private matter that should stay out of public places.
