SRS 2195 Lecture Notes - First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Jerry Falwell, Televangelism
11 Feb 2014
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A place where religion was extremely important and where religion ruled some aspects of life. First: we get congregationalists and baptists (baptists are not a single group); early 18th century. Second: mormons (church of jesus christ of latter day saints); based in utah (early 19th century); seventh-day adventists. Third: end of 19th century: a bunch of groups arising not just in the us but other places: Jehovah"s witnesses, pentecostal, fundamentalists (a type of protestant christianity) Nothing new about the importance of religion in american society; important part of social and political life. They take form in organized denominations; religion from below (not elite movements trying to impose themselves on society). Formal political relationship between religion and politics written into formal documents from the beginning. American constitution-people writing it had trouble deciding whether it was adequate and if they should change it. Should think about what people have decided they should mean.
