Religion in government: a plea for our morals and their influence in our lives

The word “God” or “Christianity” is often thrown around in the political world today. Candidates often can be seen supporting the invasions of other nations, but then claiming a strong devotion to God only a few moments later. The question is, “how has America become such a broken nation with such distorted views of the role of Christianity?” The emergent idea of America as a Christian nation is an important and relevant issue with many possible consequences. In reality, there are many cultural and religious influences in the nation, but many people have internalized the idea that the Christian religion is not solely an influential aspect of our society, but instead helps to construct the society itself. Personally, before reading

Even though, George W. Bush had become, like some of his great predecessors, the voice of inspiration and hope for freedom not only in America, but in all over the world, he had received many critics for his religious contribution on American politics. In the light of this quotation, Noll shows that the second victory of President Bush was somehow astonishing when we noticed the crucial role of the white evangelical Protestants plays in his second term. Additionally, this quotation shows that if there were no evangelicals’ support, the President would not win the election, it also; strengthens the value of religion and its place in the American political life.

Professor Diana Eck in Chapter One of “Introduction to a New America” highlights the emerging new religious climate in the United States. The United States has always been a country of many religious traditions due to the Constitutional right of Freedom of Religion. But since the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act, signed by President Johnson, America’s borders have seen a tremendous influx of individuals from around the world. There are one million new immigrants to the U. S. each year which has led the United States to become the most religiously diverse nation on earth. The percentage of foreign born Americans is now 10.4 percent, which is more than double what it was in 1970.

The generation of Americans today lack morals, self-control, and religion. They tend to seek help from outside sources, which are not edifying or salutary for them. As religion dies down in America, I think our democracy will corrupt. Recently in America, there has been riots in Ferguson, Missouri, shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, and more. All of these ruthless attacks and tragic events proves to us that America is losing the principles that it was found upon. Clay Christensen video points out that “if you take away religion, you can’t hire enough police” because religion is the glue that is holding Americans together today. Without religion the world would be a disaster, which is happening right now. People follow rules

The United States of America has the most diverse religious population in the world. In places like Iraq, Syria, Israel, Afghanistan, Yemen, and other countries too numerous to mention, countless lives are lost over religious differences. In America, a Protestant can live happily next door to a Jew, who might live across the street from a Muslim, or a Catholic, or a Sikh, or even a Humanist! This is in no small way attributed to the fact that the US Constitution’s First Amendment includes what is known as the establishment clause, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” effectively separating affairs of religious institutions from secular,

It is true what Mr.Prothero says about Americans knowing very little about other religions and sometimes even their own religion. The most well-known and practiced religion in America is Christianity, most Americans report that they are Christian, yet have never read the bible. Personally, I think most people identify themselves as Christians because they are afraid they would be judged if they weren’t or want others to think they have a good moral code. The reason American Christians know the bare minimum of their own religion is because they are not interested enough to read the entire bible (its pretty long) or they feel that they know a sufficient amount and don’t need to learn any further. Now, if we already cannot seem to understand

The United States of America is a nation that has been ran by, the vast majority, christians. Although there has been no limitation placed on positions for public office based on religion, christians still lead by number. Most of the time religion in politics is considered irrelevant until an individual that is found in some form of media chooses to ask a question, and bring the person’s they are interviewing personal beliefs to light. This has happened recently as republican candidate Ben Carson was asked whether or not he believes a muslim should be able to obtain the office of president. Carson responded with a no, and briefly cited his reasoning on the basis of principles and values of Americans not matching up with those of a muslim

I started my search based off my long held interest in politics, and the issues that affect the way we govern. So I boiled that down to the entities that decide when and what we govern. Political Parties. After I had my subject I looked at the three things I believe political parties play a role in. The three areas of interest I chose were our political parties role in our history, economics, and religion, and what factors in those areas determine how political parties’ function.

The American government. You trust them with your money and you rely on them to protect you when things go south, right? If you know any basic knowledge of the American system of control, then you should know that they aren't all they're cracked up to be. The government is extremely corrupted, filled with power-hungry parasites, sucking up all of your rights and money. The authority uses tons of things to their benefit, like for example, religion.(specifically Christianity) 76.5% of the U.S population are religious, 70.6% of them are some type of Christian, and only 22.8% are unaffiliated to religion. The bureaucracy has many ways of using religion to gain control over society, and most often it’s not cordial, or even close to it.

Secularization means a population and/or people who are non-religious. This means in the world full of different religions and cultures they do not have to specifically believe in any type of religion. Governments sometimes decide to make this change in their countries so that religion will not have power over politics. Well, the religion itself changes a lot of behaviors and decisions that people make which can be good or bad depending on their beliefs. But secularization is slowly making people forget about religion and make them turn away from it because of how busy the world is and not so many people have time to spend for religion. Today's world is very complex and insecure that leaves no time or chance for us to be able to put some time

In today’s world, religion plays a profound part in many people’s lives and they find it important to firmly follow the guiding principles of a religion. Religion has been

Interaction between religion and government has a reality for most civilizations since the beginning of recorded history. This narrative has its place in the Judeo-Christian history as well. The Hebrew Bible speaks of a theocracy and contains reminders to a captive people that their national failing was their religious failing. In the time that Jesus was walking around the Judean countryside, tensions between Jews and Romans were high. While it would be easy to say that the death of Christianity’s namesake at the hands of the Roman government set the tone for interactions between Christianity and government entities moving forward, the actual interactions between those agencies has been far more varied, far more dynamic than static. Christians at various points have sought to both distance themselves from or cozy up next to the powers at be, and often backed up these claims with what they saw as biblical mandate. It is clear that 4th Century historian Eusebius saw the Roman Empire 's decision to give favor and then preference to Christianity. However, this adoption of the Church by the empire must have caused mixed feelings for Eusebius, who had just a few years before lost his mentor Pamphilus to martyrdom by the very same empire. Eusebius’ own experience shows just how complex life for Christians in the Roman empire during the early Fourth Century would have been as they celebrated no longer having to fear persecution, but also came to understand that

In this course, I found the connection between religion and politics the most important concept we’ve studied. With engagement and understanding of politics becoming increasingly important, it’s valuable to study the ways people both interact with politics and form their political opinions—and as we’ve seen, religion can play a huge role in both of these aspects. However, the way religious groups engage with politics can perhaps be generalizing when discussing major religions, seeing as these groups are often widely diverse and brimming with unique experiences. Therefore, I believe it is just as important to discuss the political dimension of religion with the social influences of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and the interrelations between them.

Everyone has morals and beliefs that set a baseline for what they value. Values vary between individuals, but for many, religion is the root from where these values stem. While it is good to morally question, today personal religious affiliation is increasing in collective matters and actions, expressed in politics, protests, and biased beliefs. It is important to note that religion and politics are two different domains that should not intermingle. Religion is a personal ideology while politics embodies a rational, collective process. Good politics are policy oriented and not concerned with external factors related to politicians and their personal lives. Contemporary politics do not hold the same political legitimacy that it intended to have at the founding, and increasing religious activism in the political process is a large contributor to the corresponding decline. Policy and religion have different ends. The former is geared towards justice and order, while the latter towards “a purpose beyond all human purposes”. These domains hold different objectives and therefore have no reason to be intertwined, for “the cornerstone on which the separation of church and state rests . . . is the belief that religion cannot be involved with politics or politics with a particular religion without threatening their mutual destruction” (Thompson 14). America is a nation that takes pride in its exceptionalism, for the statutes of the

Religion and politics are quite mingled into society both in the developed countries as well as in developing countries. Religion and politics are two divisions of a single person. Religion speaks for a person’s moral values and beliefs and politics reaches out to one’s secular lifestyle. People involved in society may have deep rooted religious beliefs that control their behaviors and thought process and most times impact their political stance and ideology. However, the split between the two does cause controversial decision making. Using major religions such as Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism to show how faith relates to politics will be demonstrated.