Response Paper # 3

Response

Weltee Wolo

Rasmussen College

Author Note

This paper is being submitted on November 05, 2017 Sherry Kamrowski’s

American Religious History G333/REL3131 course

Hello Kamrowski

I agree with you on the fact that religion in the United States has a history that runs back to the seventeenth century. It is true that Catholic is one of the oldest religions in the world as well in the United States. In many nations, Catholic was not just a religion of a few but was a religion that would be embraced by a nation at large (Fitzgerald, 2014). When it comes to the topic of religion in the United States, I agree with your point that it was encouraged by the freedom of worship which is enshrined in the constitution of the United States. It is also true that the Catholics were forcing people on catholic religion long ago and this is evident in many historical religion injustices. There is a need to emphasize on the point of forced religion. It is by doing so that the people who have the freedom of worship can learn to appreciate the rights granted by the constitution in the modern day.

I agree with you that the forced religion has something to do with the modern spread of Christianity. During the ruling of the popes, people were forced to be of the Catholic religion. However, due to their different beliefs, they were forced to flee most Catholic nations. In this process, they were scattered in different parts including the United States. It is at this point where the United States received a big number of Protestants (McLoughlin, 2013). The Protestants spread their religion wherever they went, and one can evident see the spread of Christianity in the United States. What is happening today from the perspective of religion is as a result of the history of religion in the United States. You have elaborated the history of religion in a way that any person would find it easy to understand the message or point you are trying to pass across.

Reference

Fitzgerald, T. (2014). Religion and the Secular: Historical and colonial formations. Routledge.

McLoughlin, W. G. (2013). Revivals, Awakenings, and reform. University of Chicago Press.