Midterm Review Religion 210 Study Questions 1 What was the relationship of church and state in colonial Virginia and Massachusetts Which specific religions were established in each of these colonies Established churches No religious freedom Virgina church of England Anglican church Massachusetts puritan church congregationalist Established throughout the colonial period Every colony during colonial period had own laws about church and state 2 Why did evangelicals support the American Revolution and the disestablishment of religion in the US Evangelicals rebels Never had established church had nothing to lose Didn t want gov corrupting religion 3 What was the Enlightenment Why did Enlightenment thinkers support the separation between church and state Age of reason and science Rejecting supernatural human reason and scientific method Didn t want religion corrupting government Still traditional 4 What is the wording of the religion clauses in the First Amendment of the US Constitution congress shall make no law 5 Does the US Constitution explicitly state that there should be a wall of separation between church and state Where does this phrase come from Thomas jefferson s interpretation of first amendment Has been used by supreme court 6 What were the first and second Great Awakening When did each one take place What was the religious social and political impact of each one Review D2L lectures on Jan 31st and Feb 37th Frist Great Awakening o Before American revolution o Happening when we still had established churches o Recruiting away from established churches o Gov doesn t support o Leads to decline of support of powerful churches o Wants to disestablish churches Second Great Awakening o After American revolution o After religious freedom o People are looking for religions o Evangelicals become dominant religious group many different races and borders that follow o North and south form different denominations of religions o Both about spreading evangelical Protestantism o Rise of evangelicalism 7 Other than Protestantism what other forms of Christianity have been covered in this course so far Main two groups Catholics and Latter Day Saints 8 What time period in American history did Joseph Smith live What was the political and cultural context that helped to motivate him to explore new religious ideas Review lecture on feb 14th on joseph smith o Early 1800s o Lived in antebellum US o During Second Great Awakening o Politically at the time it was early days of religious freedom and people are experimenting with religion o Most are becoming evangelicals o Other religions are being born o Prays to find out what true religion is o Lead to find book of Mormon and feels like its his calling o People are excited about religion and movements so they are excited to try new things 9 Why did Mormons find it necessary to leave the United States and settle in Utah Mormons were persecuted o Book of Mormon scripture beyond bible o Harassed by communities so moved west o Started in New York went to Missouri ended up in Nauvoo Illinois o Plural marriage teachings leads to further persecution o Joseph smith runs for pres of US Jailed and assassinated not because of running for pres o Mormons are driven out of Nauvoo o Brighim young brings group to salt lake 10 Identify the first case heard by the US Supreme Court explicitly related to the free exercise of religion When did this take place What was at issue in this case What did the US Supreme Court rule in this case Feb 14 slides 35 47 Reynolds vs US 1879 Supreme court ruled he did not have religious freedom to practice plural marriage Some see that as Us gov wouldn t allow religious freedom 11 Identify one key similarity and one key difference between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints today and other forms of Christianity call themselves Christians believe jesus is savior accept bible differences o have Mormon as scripture o believe in modern day prophets 12 How is the Latter day Saint Mormon church distinctively tied to America Identify LDS beliefs and history that make it a particularly American religion was founded by joseph smith in America believes jesus appeared in America to natives believed garden of eden was in north America 13 According to the Pew Research Council what percentage of the US population are adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints less than 2 but growing 14 How did evangelicalism Protestantism fragment as a result of race and slavery in the United States How and why did Protestants become divided along racial and regional line during the 1800s almost everyone were evangelical protestants as it grew it took on more branches and fragmented more found justification in bible to support and oppose slavery fragmented on racial and regional lines 15 What impact did evangelicalism have on African Americans church center of life and politics evangelical influence gave African americans the influence that God wants them to resist inequality gave everyone a sense of individual authority 16 How did the predominantly Protestant population of this time period give religious meaning to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln was assassinated on good friday Saw parallels between Lincoln sacrifice and jesus Saw Lincoln as Christ like figure 17 Which were created first Spanish Catholic American colonies or British English Protestant American colonies Did all Catholics who ended up living in the US immigrate to the US How else did Catholics end up living in the US The expansion of the US into catholic territories Spanish catholic American 18 Why did Bishop John Hughes have a problem with American public schools in the nineteenth century What did he do about it What were the results of his efforts Catholics were one of the first groups to challenge promotion of protestant teachings in schools Didn t think it was fair to pay taxes to support schools that taught protestant teachings Only in NYC accepted 19 What was the significance of Vatican II What changes happened in the Catholic Church as result of Vatican II How did the Church leadership approach modern science after Vatican II What did not change after Vatican II 20 After Vatican II Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae What was this 21 How would Andrew Greeley explain why many Catholics remain committed to the Catholic Church even if they do not agree with the Pope on every issue Purpose to discuss modernity Leadership accepted evolution Feb 26th lecture