Religious Pluralism Is Too Much And Not Enough

Religion played a very important role in both Native American and Puritan society, though their idea’s differed greatly. The puritans were very religious people, and it mattered more of what God thought of them more than anything and what everyone else thought didn’t matter as much. While the Puritans were the very religious ones, the Native Americans cared more about viewing people for who they were as people than their religious beliefs. Although the Native Americans had their own religious beliefs, the Puritans also thought that the Native Americans needed to “prove themselves worthy”, of their religious beliefs. The Puritans did not believe that the Native Americans had any kind of regulation on their own lives. It was very

Prior to the Second World War, religious places remained untouched as they were mainly located in rural areas. However, the period after the Second World War was characterized by an increase in population, corporate farming, a more vibrant timber industry as well as an expanded recreational industry. This change resulted in less respect for the public land, and the situation was made worse by the proliferation of state and federal agencies that have no respect for the public land. It thus becomes difficult for the Native Indians to have access to shrines as the politicians’ promulgated rules that disregarded public land particularly places of worship. One such narrow-minded law that has failed to achieve its ultimate goal is the American Indian Religious Freedom Act that was enacted in 1978. The law made it clear the government efforts of protecting the religious rights of the American Indians not only to express their belief but also to practice this believes through traditional religion. However, this law faced major blows especially on the corridors of justice where the Court viewed the Congress’ action in enacting the American Indian Religious Freedom Act as efforts of the government to establish a state religion.

It is clear that throughout many years there has been an exemption of treatment when talking about the Native Americans in the United States. Supposedly every individual is endowed with the right of freedom, equality, and of seeking for happiness, but Native Americans were treated irrationally. From the discovery of America, to the founding fathers and settlers, the treatment and attitude towards Native Americans has been unsettling at best. The colonial policies toward the Native Americans affected the Indians in ways that changed their relationship between their tribes and the new nation. Cabeza de Vaca, Roger Williams, Cotton Mather, and Benjamin

Today the United States is known as a land of freedom, and as elegantly stated by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…” Unfortunately these words have not always been a reality for Native Americans, who were treated not as equals, but as subhuman by early white European settlers.

The Indian Intercourse Act of 1790 was one action the U.S. government utilized to obtain land from the Native Americans. The Indian Intercourse Act was a way to obtian Indian land legally through a treaty endorsed by congress. The Act permitted Native American leaders to relinquish land in return for goods, annuity payments and guarantee’s that no other demands would be made. White settlers were able to obtain many areas of tribal land due this Act (Nash, 2007, p. 255-256). The U.S. government promoted the assimilation of Native Americans into the white society. The spread of Christianity was promoted with the blessing from the government, missionaries traveled to Native American territories to spread the word of God and to teach them about

America’s greatest flaw throughout history is how it treats its minorities, especially the Native Americans. From the beginning of European involvement in America, Native Americans have been cheated and mistreated. Even before the United States became a country, European traders would do whatever they could to make a profit, even use the diseases that they carried to begin an epidemic. As shown in the early Franciscan missions, Native Americans were considered heathens that were, at best, simply objects of conversion and at worst subhuman converts that could be used to till fields until they died of disease or maltreatment. Treaties with Native Americans were rarely honored, and they were used as mere pawns in struggles such as the French and Indian War. In “the land of the free”, Native Americans were systematically denied their “inalienable rights,” and the period that most clearly shows this are the 19th and early 20th century. Government policy regarding Native Americans changed from the 1830s to the 1930s, often reflecting the way Native Americans were viewed in that time period.

Assess the view that religious beliefs and practices are changing to reflect a new era of diversity and choice.

Native American Spirituality is a guide developed by the Manataka American Indian Council to support and provide information to public and private establishments in education, health care, or any other sector about Native Americans religion and practice. This guide introduces aspects of Native American religion and how each sector should expect, appropriately respond to, and provide support. The right to practice religion, including Native American religion, is protected under the U.S. Constitution, and other legislation. The guide specifically references this legislation, which includes the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. Native American Spirituality established

The American dream of equality conflicts with Governments denying the privileges of natural rights. All persons own right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The dream of the Americans diminished the natural rights of Natives. United States government has pushed to form an equal society, unable to complete formation. Any person that is different, was not welcomed. Newcomb states Natives are faced with unequal rights today. “Even fewer people realize that today- five centuries later- the United States government still uses the archaic Judeo-Christian doctrine to deny the rights of Native American Indians” (Five Hundred Years of Injustice: The Legacy of Fifteenth Century Religious Prejudice). Christians believed they were ordained to abducting the land; including inhabitants. America was built off of a dream and religion, including the idea of exceptionalism.

They showed no threat to the Europeans providing these new dwellers with food, clothes, and shelter. Teaching them how to use the land they grew up on and showing them the steps found in hunting. When the Christians arrived they were unsure of them but believed they could have been delivered from heaven, after months of pain and agony they came to the conclusion that these men were no angels. Treated as less than because they did not come from the same place or look similar to the Europeans, did not speak the same language , dress in the same manner or serve the same God. Native American history was demolished when they were taken from the land they truthfully owned first , and enslaved without warning. The Age of exploration was the death of a large amount of Native American culture that can never be

. Religious diversity in America alone is too great to justify one sector determining the lawfulness or morality of anyone else’s beliefs. There are several practices that are not allowed by various religions, yet they are not outlawed. For example, The Jewish and Muslim faiths do not permit the consumption of pork, but anyone can still go to the supermarket and buy bacon. Catholics are not allowed by their faith to use contraception but condoms and birth control pills are still available to whomever wants them. So, many views of human cloning are influenced by

The time and need for reform has never been greater than it is right now. The way in which the world is moving is causing divisions among the people of the Islamic faith. Now is the time to look to the Qur’an and the hadith. We must achieve the right balance of maintaining our acts toward God, while modernizing and changing with the times, in order to better benefit society and people as a whole. This is why our reform movement urges all Muslims to join this cause and become a Balanced Believer, accepting and living the Qur’anic principles and teachings while living in a modern technologically and scientifically advanced society. If all Muslims, Shia or Sunni, become united under this belief the Islamic world will be better off in the 21st century.

I have learned that Destiny Worship Center recognizes pluralism and has a great number of people and families that have different social classes, races, tradition, and interests. Even though people have differences in these areas, the church as a whole believes that everyone should work together as one. Pluralism was shown in the volunteer work for Hurricane Irma as every one of different social classes, backgrounds and traditions worked together as one to put into one good cause. There are several immigrants or people with green cards in the church that are welcome. I also learned that the church offers classes for those who may have a different religion or culture. The Fourteenth Amendment discloses the freedom of worship (to worship as you

The book describes “Secularism” as a general movement away from religiosity, and a general movement to free thinking and rational, scientific orientation. The Sect-Church Cycle is one that can be used to describe why there are so many Christian churches in the world. The cycle starts off with sects, people who distance themselves from their church, separating from their church. If there are enough sects, they may start their own Christian church, one that they agree with more. If that new church gets big, there may be sects in that group that go off on their own. That is why it is considered a cycle, because no matter what, you will have disagreement and it will, possibly, lead to a new church forming. It will just keep going

There are many different religions around the world today. We all have our own opinions on whether or not we believe in God or not, but what makes every religion different from the other could be because of traditions or rituals, the way we dress based on our religion or the place we worship. However the one thing we all have in common is we turn to religion to guide us in one way or another for greater depth or to set us down the right path in life.