REL 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Contract, Individualism, Anabaptism
10 Oct 2017
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Rejecting the anglican establishment: clergy appointed by king, citizenship and church membership combined, parliament passed doctrine, magistrates enforced church laws. Evangelical: anabaptists, religion as voluntary choice, church independent, separation of church and state to protect the church, voluntarism, rejected establishment of religion. Enlightenment: separation of church and state to protect the citizen, freedom of conscience and exercise, social contract, religious freedom cannot overstep the social contract. John adams: (cid:862)pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) religion(cid:863, state should support churches, state and church work together to protect the morality of the citizens religion is necessary for a moral and prosperous country.
