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When Aristotle discusses questions regarding the actual institution of slavery, in both actual and proposed regimes, his main points concern the usefulness of slaves in providing […]

Observe a small group or team–such as an office team, sports team,  work environment, church group, family gathering, hobby group, or  support group–and take copious notes […]

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C PLAYING] In God we trust. Soul freedom. So help me God.How do these words relate to America? Stick withus and we’ll talk about that. Production funding for this program has beenprovided in part by the Shumaker FamilyFoundation, promoting social and environmentaljustice, education, spirituality, and the arts. But the word of the Lord abides. Amen forever. Deliverance, Lord. Deliverance now. So we are then one with the entire universe. Weare not separate from it. Whether it’s been prompted by the publicrecitation of prayers at a high school footballgame, the staging of a nativity scene on thecourthouse square, or the posting of the TenCommandments in a public space, Americanshave become more aware of the controversiesassociated with the separation of church andstate in recent years. Some express concern thatthe nation is losing touch with its Christian roots,while others maintain that religion should haveno bearing upon civic affairs and the functioningof government. The basic questions are not new ones. What’s theConstitution have to say about the relationshipbetween church and state? And just how religiousis America? Well, the question of how religious America is onethat’s been with us for a long time. We’ve beendebating it from before we had the United States.So it’s a tricky question. But the Constitution is a godless Constitution.And it’s pretty clear that by law this is a secularstate. But one of the things this secular state doesis give Americans freedom of choice when itcomes to religion. And one of the thingsAmericans do with that freedom of choice is theychoose to be Christians. And they’ve done that forvery long time. So I think we have secular by law, Christian bychoice situation. And that dance between oursecularity and our religiosity, our Christianity, andour sort of official non-commitment by law toreligion is one of the great dynamics of Americancultural and political history. One of the real gifts of the Constitution and thosewho framed it was they did not frame it explicitlyas a Christian document. The Constitution doesnot contain the word God. And that was notbecause our founding fathers did not care deeplyabout God and about their faith. But they cared sodeeply, in a sense, that they realized that theframework of freedom that the nation would befounded on needed to be one in which faith itselfwas left free. As Madison put it in his famous memorial andremonstrance, we cannot be demanding forourselves the freedom to practice the religious lifethat moves us and at the same time deny thatfreedom to those who haven’t seen it the way wehave, who have not been convinced by thearguments and by the visions that have moved us.And that really is the realization that underpinsthe way in which religion does not play. And it in another way plays very deeply in thefounding of the American Republic. What’s really, I think, significant about theAmerican case is that this wasn’t a secular elite–and the elite was pretty secular– imposing aseparation of church and state on a religiouspopulist that really wanted an established church.To the contrary, the strongest supporters, besidesthe deist leaders themselves, of the separation ofchurch and state were the Baptists and theQuakers. That is, sectarian Christians who had beenpersecuted by established churches and did notwant an established church. So the majority ofbelievers, the majority of church-goers, supportedthe First Amendment as fervently as the deist andthe secularists. So those people argued for the kind ofConstitution we have on theological grounds. Andthey pretty much knew what they were doing.They didn’t say non-establishment because theyreally meant, oh, well, we’re all going to beChristians anyway. They said non-establishmentbecause they realized that we are Christians ofmany different dispositions. That Christianity is along protracted– centuries-long– argument thathas had many, many wars. And it should not beestablished in the form of a state. […]

RESPOND TO THIS Discussion 1: Contemporary Issues in Adult Education Thanks for sharing your research. Cultural aspects definitely impact how one receives information and accepts new […]

Week 1 Assignment Instructions During this class, you will interact in discussion forums, take  quizzes, and complete writing assignments to address each of the  following learning […]

After reading the theories associated with this section, consider an interpersonal messages that took place at work, with friends, and with family explaining how each theory worked […]

WK5 Assignment: Share the Music Watch two videos featuring the performance of a twentieth century music composition. Your choices must be from the twentieth century classical […]