Separation of Church and the State

Separation of Church and the State

According to the First Amendment to the Constitution, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Is our present-day notion of the “separation of church and state” at odds with the Founders' vision of the role of religion in our democratic republic? Why or why not?

The relationship between religion and politics remains a fundamental topic in political philosophy, despite the emerging consensus (both among political theorists and practice in political contexts, such as the United Nations) on the right to freedom of consciousness and the need for some separation between church and state. One of the reasons for the importance of this issue is that religions to make explicit statements in support of the people, and religions make these demands universal for all people, instead of a community.

Our focus for the paper today shall be to highlight and understand the First Amendment coined and framed in the Constitution of the United States of America. The gists of the amendment implies that religion, or more formally the Church, are strictly different from one another and at the same time are two disciplines which cannot be framed into one singular entity.

The reason I personally do not agree with the phenomenon of religion and government to be separate entities is because that religion is amongst the basic and most primitive facet of discipline, faith and unity that seize to exist in any part of the world. Be it be coming from the primitive religions in the East or the biblical teachings that have been promoted and projected in the West, religions and religious leaders have been in the midst of creating the government and governing bodies for any country or state currently or ...