What Was The Role Of Religion In The 1800's

In the 1700s the extent of religion was not very vast and many people were prosecuted for their religious beliefs, however there were colonies that allowed people to have their own beliefs and this helped pave the way for religious freedoms in the colonies.

Religion in the early modern period was the source of people’s identity because people were strongly religious due to religious values encompassing the way that society functioned due to the strongly religious culture, a strong contrast with today. “Popular religious practices and beliefs were actually derived from liturgical paradigms of an incredibly vivacious late medieval Catholic

During the 1600s, England’s inhabitants were forced to believe and follow the rules and laws of the official religion of the country. The lack of religious freedom angered many people within England, but news of a new beginning arose and created hope for many. News of new land caused encouragement and left no excuse for anyone to stay and continue to be oppression that was dealt out daily throughout the lives of many in England. In 1620, a group of people called the Pilgrims voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean seeking salvation from the violent grip of England. The Pilgrims, as they are known today, escaped England in search of religious freedom, specifically to be able to freely follow and live in Christianity. It has resulted in America being created on a religious foundation. Yet, this apparent fact was one that ultimately stalled America as a society. Today in the twenty-first century, people have taken religion and the Bible and corrupted it. Large amounts of people have taken the Bible and religion and are using it for their selfish goals of spreading propaganda. Many social issues that are present today, such as the treatment of the LGBT community, abortion, racism, feminism, gender roles, and war, has been created or instigated by people’s misinterpretation of the Bible or ignorance of religion. The ultimate truth is that man and women alike have been dictating the lives of many and one’s view

Thousands of years ago, with the expansion of monarchies came the spread of numerous ideas specifically, religion. The culture and daily lives of those living within an empire was based on their faith. At its core, religion was a way to teach people how they should implement their lives, and it was a key part of unifying such large empires. The spread of a religion created countless impacts, with lasting effects on monarchies, that are demonstrated in modern society today. Some of these influences were negative, however they all caused impacts on all aspects of the areas they expanded in. The expansion of Buddhism in Japan and the spread of Christianity in the Americas, demonstrates how the spread of religion results in civic, governmental, and financial repercussions. Between 600 CE and 1700 CE, these monarchs were having impactful changes due to the expansion of a religion. Positive and negative social, political, and economic impacts were created as a result of the expansion of

     Throughout history, religion has impacted the lives of millions whether at school, work, with friends, or by some tragedy. Religion can change the way people view their existence. Religion also plays a big role in the infiltration of values into the loves of many young people today. In a recent pole printed in the USA Weekend Paper, “34% of respondents [said] Religion plays a powerful role in their everyday lives.” These student respondents “cited religion as the second-strongest influence in their lives outranked only by parents.” Religion also surpassed the world-renounced media as an influence in their lives (Lerman. 1).

Many believe that there were many religions in this era. There were only two major ones.

It was only through a series of shifts in the mode of thinking that religion became its own category independent from other aspects of life. The advent of nation states separated religious institution from civil society; industrial revolution and market capitalism brought about the decoupling of religion and economy; and most importantly, advancement of science made religious truths separate from objective truths. Indeed, the word “religion” itself merely referred to the quality of being religious rather than pointing towards a “thing” as a religion. In short, there was no category of religion as a thing existing outside of life in general. It is evident then that the objective truth of religion is of fundamental importance to a pre-modern individual, since religious truths are objective truths as religion could not possibly be separated from the rest of the world—for a medieval Christian, the world really is created in seven days, not because the Bible says so but because that is what the world is.

Thousands of years ago, with the expansion of monarchies came the spread of numerous ideas, especially religion. The culture and daily lives of those living within an empire was based on their faith. At its core, religion was a way to teach people how they should implement their lives, and it was a key part of unifying such large empires. The spread of a religion created countless impacts, with lasting effects on monarchies, that are demonstrated in modern society today. Some of these influences were negative, however they all caused impacts on all aspects of the areas they expanded in. The expansion of Buddhism in Japan and the spread of Christianity in the Americas demonstrates how the spread of religion results in civic, governmental, and

After the major downfall of the Roman Empire, much of the world that was once united by trade and wealth would now experience a time of constant war and plague. Much of the attacks and decay, had greatly influence many people form of thinking, bringing up their insecurity index and uncertainty of what is to come. Religion has offered many people with new hope, in which if they abide by what god has told them to do, they will have a chance in the afterlife. With an array of new leaderships/chiefdoms that are arising between the first and the sixteen century A.D. many leaders are faced with religion and will need to figure out ways in which religion can work for them; so that people would be more inclined to accept the new government. Many leaders/kings would eventually give religious freedom, and inevitably convert themselves to the religion, such as Christianity, in which will aid the religion with more followers seeing the unity of religion and state. As nomadic people invaded into cities’ religions were face to either adapt to the new people or persecute non-believers. In order to fully understand the development of religion in specific civilizations, we must learn what history has taught us from civilizations that were changed or formed from religion around the world. Consequently, we must look at how religion has shaped a civilization from political, social, economic and cultural point of views.

Throughout ancient history and from the the migration of early ancient people, religion became more than a small tribe’s belief but would transform nations and help shape human history. With the

New propositions about religion were established in the England Renaissance. Religion was so important to people that it “was a central influence on society in Europe through the Middle Ages” (“English Renaissance”). Religion taught people their morals and ethical values. With this intention, “The Roman Catholic Church wielded considerable power,”(“English Renaissance”) that dominated England. The Roman Catholic Church and Protestant religions acquired so much control that they directed the government. A religious war broke out between the two divisions, “There followed a disastrous decade, a violent oscillation impelled by greed and fanaticism, out to an extreme Protestantism and back to a Medieval Catholicism”(Halliday pg. 92). The Protestant

Olwen Hufton’s What is Religious History Now? examines the way historians looks at the outcome of religion on humans in the past. Hufton looks at the change in religion from a histoire sérielle which could be looked at in a linear fashion, to a histoire des mentalités which considers the effect that religion had on the people and the way the interacted with it. Using three category examples from Le Bra’s, Hufton first looks at the way religious commitment could be measured during any given time first, people who devote their lives to following the rules of the church, second, the people who follow easter obligations and would marry through the church and lastly the people who really couldn’t care less. By doing this one can see not only religious history but also family history and the outside components for peoples thoughts on religion. Hufton next looks

The role religion plays in world history is, at best, tremendous. Through the ages, religion has both unified and divided civilizations often bringing extreme human casualty, in the case of division, or creating interesting new cultures, in the case of the latter. In the Ancient civilizations such as the Greek, Kush and Egyptian empires religion serves as a catalyst further strengthening the bond found in such homogeneous societies. In these civilizations it is important to note that the inhabitants did not conceive of religion in terms of a belief system in a higher moral authority, rather, the belief system was such a part of their lifestyle that there was no differentiation. In discussing

Religion’s role in shaping Western civilization is crucial in understanding the evolution of mankind. Firstly, religion was the primary agent of social construction in the early developments of today’s modern states since it used to provide all of the answers to men. Consequently, the studies of theology and the principal role of the church in states was a common trend among western nations. States enforced the study of religion and played an active role in protecting it from possible threats, as seen by the Inquisition and the banning of texts during the sixteenth century. Once scientific thought began to gain popularity in these nations, society found itself questioning

It served to provide justification to the central authority and a great extent, emphasized on doing what is right for the sake of proper relationships. On the other hand, organized religion came up as a means of maintaining peace especially between individuals with no common relationship. This has what created a bond that neutralized what would be considered as enmity. This paper gives the various reasons as to why the emergence of religion and its development seems to have promoted more harm than good in the society and at the same time, negatively influenced the relationship between individuals, bile quotes have also been used to provide significant proof of the argument, which leads to its validity.