Unit 5: Key terms & questions Flashcards
Fundamental Laws of Connecticut, 1639
A close relationship between church & state. Every colony had a church tax-> money went to ministries and buildings.
Congregationalist church
New England which is still around in the 1700s.
Puritans*
Anglican Church
II.South: Anglican (The Church of England)
Quakers
III.Middle colonies: Mixed religons which included the Quakers
vary group of people
ex:Episcopalian Church & Lutheran church.( small jewish communities, enslaved people religion (Islam) As they try to avoid religous conflict by being the same)
First Great Awakening (1730-60s)
Big religious revival. There are a whole bunch of new denominations (churches) begin. People will begin to adopt the Methodist church, baptist church, etc.
Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
It emphasized God’s wrath upon non-believers after death to a very real, horrific, and fiery hells. The underlying point is that God has given humans a chance to confess their sins.
Original Sin*
The Enlightment
The great ‘Age of Reason’
A period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse that characterized European society.
Isaac Newton
Discovered gravity and physics. Invented calculus to explain gravity & planets moving.
Deism
An enlightenment approach to religion. To apply science & reason to religious faith. Conflict between science & religion.
** Combine science & religion***
God as watchmaker
No direct revelation or intervention in human affairs. Instead, God is more like a “watchmaker”
Trinity
A 3 part God. So you have God, Jesus and the Holy spirit.
Revelation
God revealing/ explaining himself to a person -> A prophet is made.
Thomas Paine, ‘The Age of Reason’
He believed that everything the bible had stated was wrong. He believes in God but only one. If you want to learn about god… go outside…
* After he released this he fled the country
Thomas Jefferson views on religion
He was quite religous and also was very understanding of Deism
The Jefferson Bible
Got a razor and cut his bible up and only kept reasoning and science phrases
Jefferson always believed science was right… They seeked a universal way to accept any god-> Is in the constitution*
Declaration of Indepence and religon
Allowed multiple religions not just 1 religion. Wanted the DOI to be inclusive and the concept of Religous Freedom.
Laws of Nature, Nature’s God, Creator
General laws that Govern us to observe life overall. Which governs science and human behavior with science.
Patrick Henry
Was against Jefferson. Believed established churches should stay since it kept morals & peace throughout society.
having a church limits bad behavior & morals
Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
In 1779, Jefferson had proposed a freedom of religious laws***
Get rid of church taxes. He says anyone can vote and do public manners without being overly religious.
–> he said it was sinful a “tyranny”
The Constitution and religon
From Article 6: No more religious test is required for government positions.
The First Amendment: Congress can not make any laws respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise.
Limits on Religious Freedom in the 1700s-80s
It’s different state by state. Some still have established churches while others don’t believe it’s needed.
Established Church
A church that is recognize by law as the official church of a nation or state and supported by the government.
Disestablishment
Removing the law that created established churches. They will still exist but wont get anymore tax money.
Lyman Beecher
The First Congregational church of Litchfield, Ct. Built in 1721… in which Lyman Beecher was the minister there.
