[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history and an even longer heritage of church-state problems in Europe.
Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the r… - John M Swomley
Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the r…
- John M Swomley
This book is not a polemic treatise but a powerful, well-researched account that sensitizes any reader to the ways in which in-difference permits bru… - John M Swomley
This book is not a polemic treatise but a powerful, well-researched account that sensitizes any reader to the ways in which in-difference permits bru…
By operating independently of government aid, the churches . . . avoid the resentment of those who do not want to be forced to contribute to churches… - John M Swomley
By operating independently of government aid, the churches . . . avoid the resentment of those who do not want to be forced to contribute to churches…
Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly. - John M Swomley
Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.
[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history … - John M Swomley
[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history …
Since separation precludes financial support or special privilege from government, the churches are free to engage in prophetic criticism of the gove… - John M Swomley
Since separation precludes financial support or special privilege from government, the churches are free to engage in prophetic criticism of the gove…
Churches are healthier and stronger if they assume responsibility both for financing their own programs and for stimulating their members to accept t… - John M Swomley
Churches are healthier and stronger if they assume responsibility both for financing their own programs and for stimulating their members to accept t…
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