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- An analysis of religiosity in the United States: testing the secure society theory.
- Creator
- Liddle, James, Bjorklund, David F., Shackelford, Todd K., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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The current study sought set to replicate and extend previous findings regarding Norris and Inglehart’s (2004) “Secure Society Theory” (SST) of religiosity, which states that religiosity varies as a function of the extent to which one feels secure in their environment. However, the relationship between individual perceptions of societal security—as opposed to national indicators—and religiosity has yet to be tested. The current study addressed this by analyzing data from the General Social...
Show moreThe current study sought set to replicate and extend previous findings regarding Norris and Inglehart’s (2004) “Secure Society Theory” (SST) of religiosity, which states that religiosity varies as a function of the extent to which one feels secure in their environment. However, the relationship between individual perceptions of societal security—as opposed to national indicators—and religiosity has yet to be tested. The current study addressed this by analyzing data from the General Social Survey, supplemented by FBI and U.S. Census data. Results indicated that the extent to which one feels safe walking around their neighborhood at night is a significant predictor of religiosity, even when crime rate, poverty rate, age, sex, and race are also considered. Additionally, time series analyses of data from 1980 to 2012 with a lag of 10 years provided partial support for SST, with neighborhood fear and poverty significantly predicting future religiosity.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004302
- Subject Headings
- Religion and politics, Religion and sociology, Secularism, Security (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Rethinking religious competition: church-state relations in Catholic- and Islamic- majority authoritarian states.
- Creator
- Chase, Heather., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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In his book Rendering Unto Caesar, Anthony Gill suggests that in countries with repressive authoritarian governments, religious competition plays a crucial role in determining whether the dominant religious institution will support or oppose the regime. Gill's theory, however, assumes that religious institutions are unitary rational actors. While this assumption may be reasonable in Catholic countries of Latin America where Gill based his theory on the hierarchical National Bishops' Councils,...
Show moreIn his book Rendering Unto Caesar, Anthony Gill suggests that in countries with repressive authoritarian governments, religious competition plays a crucial role in determining whether the dominant religious institution will support or oppose the regime. Gill's theory, however, assumes that religious institutions are unitary rational actors. While this assumption may be reasonable in Catholic countries of Latin America where Gill based his theory on the hierarchical National Bishops' Councils, it is not applicable to Sunni Islamic countries of North Africa because of the decentralized Sunni Islamic religious structure. This finding suggests that although religious actors behave rationally in the religious market to maximize the souls for their religion, not all religious actors necessarily view the same religion and its role in the politics of the society in the same manner: in some cases, intra-religious competition is a larger factor in church-state relations than inter-religious competition.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3334253
- Subject Headings
- Church and state, History, Islam and state, Religion and politics, Religion and politics
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The importance of original intent in interpreting the religion clauses of the First Amendment.
- Creator
- Caridad Antolick, Tayra de la, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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The current use of the phrase "wall of separation" between church and state as a legal defense for the removal of religious expression (particularly Protestant Christianity), i.e., religious expression, from governmental institutions and the prohibition of the free exercise of individuals working within them goes contrary not only to the original intent of the Founders and the Framers but also to the religious, political, and legal history and traditions of the United States of America. The...
Show moreThe current use of the phrase "wall of separation" between church and state as a legal defense for the removal of religious expression (particularly Protestant Christianity), i.e., religious expression, from governmental institutions and the prohibition of the free exercise of individuals working within them goes contrary not only to the original intent of the Founders and the Framers but also to the religious, political, and legal history and traditions of the United States of America. The abundance of historical evidence reduces the colonial contentions to three: 1) no legal establishment of one sect of Christianity or another religion as the national religion; 2) no legal prohibition against the free exercise of religious conscience of any religions, especially minority ones; 3); and no taxation of the citizenry for the support of a legally preferred religion. The application of these three prongs of the "historical test" will reduce litigation, minimize judicial vacillation, and uphold the principles that precipitated the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/40993
- Subject Headings
- Freedom of speech, Church and state, Religion and politics
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Secularism in Latin America?: looking at the effects of social welfare and leftist parties on religiosity.
- Creator
- Pena, Alan Manuel., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Researchers sometimes classify religious organizations as rational actors, arguing that religious organizations attempt to minimize costs and maximize membership. Anthony Gill and Erik Lundsgaarde use the rational actor model to explain organized religion's diminished competitiveness and the correlated increase in secularity against governments with high social welfare programs. They conclude that government welfare programs contribute to increased secularity. Survey data indicates that Chile...
Show moreResearchers sometimes classify religious organizations as rational actors, arguing that religious organizations attempt to minimize costs and maximize membership. Anthony Gill and Erik Lundsgaarde use the rational actor model to explain organized religion's diminished competitiveness and the correlated increase in secularity against governments with high social welfare programs. They conclude that government welfare programs contribute to increased secularity. Survey data indicates that Chile, Cuba, and Uruguay have significantly higher proportions of secularity relative to the rest of the region. This thesis tests the hypothesis that increased secularity in Chile, Cuba, and Uruguay is caused not only by Gill and Lundsgaarde's social welfare hypothesis, but also by the historical presence of far left parties in these nations. The ideologies of longstanding far left parties are often anti-religious and may contribute to increased secularity, suggesting that leftist parties may be a predictor of increased secularity in a country. Welfare, as times passes, becomes a stronger predictor of decreased religious behavior.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77682
- Subject Headings
- Religion and politics, Church and state, History, Political parties
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Sabbath and free institutions : a paper read before the National Sabbath Convention, Saratoga, Aug. 13, 1863.
- Creator
- Hopkins, Mark 1802-1887, Jenkins, Edward O.
- Abstract/Description
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Series: Sabbath document (New York Sabbath Committee) ; no. 29. Notes: "On invitation of the New York Sabbath Committee." At head of title: Doc. no. XXIX. FAU copy has original printed decorated wrappers; side stitched with cord.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb21f10
- Subject Headings
- Religion--United States--Congresses., Religion and politics -- Congresses, Sunday -- United States -- Congresses, Sabbath -- Congresses, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
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- E-book
- Title
- The state of the country. A discourse preached in the Federal street meetinghouse in Boston, on Sunday, June 8, 1856.
- Creator
- Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) 1801-1871, Crosby, Nichols, and Company
- Abstract/Description
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Discourse or sermon calling for the preservation of the union. Discourse preached in the Federal street meeting house in Boston. "Published by request." "Boston: printed by John Wilson and Son, 22, School Street"--Title page verso. FAU copy pages loose, all edges trimmed (to 23 cm).
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb17f26
- Subject Headings
- Bible -- Isaiah, LIX, 1-2 -- Sermons, Civil war, Politics and government, Religion and politics, Sermons, American -- 19th century, Slavery -- United States -- Sermons, United States -- Moral conditions -- Sermons, United States -- Politics and government -- Religious aspects -- Sermons
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- E-book
- Title
- The Vision of Theophilus: resistance through orality among the persecuted Copts.
- Creator
- Guirguis, Fatin Morris., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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This study is a literary and ethnographic examination of The Vision of Theophilus, a fourth century Coptic narrative, as influential counter-narrative and source of counterdiscourse against the narrative created by the historically dominant Egyptian Arab Muslim state. It shows that The Vision has provided the Copts with the means to articulate their identity as different from their oppressors through its function as a repository of Coptic ideology, history and knowledge. Specifically, it has...
Show moreThis study is a literary and ethnographic examination of The Vision of Theophilus, a fourth century Coptic narrative, as influential counter-narrative and source of counterdiscourse against the narrative created by the historically dominant Egyptian Arab Muslim state. It shows that The Vision has provided the Copts with the means to articulate their identity as different from their oppressors through its function as a repository of Coptic ideology, history and knowledge. Specifically, it has helped them resist the erosion of those aspects of their cultural identity targeted by colonial practices through its promotion of the Coptic language, pride in Coptic history, and Christianization of the landscape. This study also suggests that The Vision tradition has helped alleviate the conditions of material and economic oppression of Copts. Drawing upon theories of Foucauldian genealogy and postcolonialism my research examines the development of Coptic identity and subjectivity in relation to assimilation practices. Using oral studies and ethnopoetics, this study traces the process of composition, transmission, stabilization and systemization of The Vision over sixteen hundred years and its dispersion over a wide geographic region from Egypt to Ethiopia, Syria, and the US. My research suggests that the resilience and effectiveness of The Vision as oral tradition lies in the stability of its core message and its ability to absorb and adapt peripheral changes to the needs of each given historical period. Close analysis of this core message as gleaned through comparative manuscript study also supports important revisions to its datation, and enables us to claim its Coptic authenticity. Previously, the only academic scholarly work concerning The Vision centered on its diffused Syrian and Ethiopian variants while its Coptic manuscript history remained largely unknown., This study, which emphasizes the specifically Coptic origins, history and significance of The Vision of Theophilus, therefore fills a vital scholarly gap: Locating cultural resistance and agency in orality, this study shows how The Vision has historically acted (and still acts today) as a repository of Coptic history and culture enabling Copts to articulate a separate identity over long periods of time, and amidst a wide range of historical and socio-economic factors.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927607
- Subject Headings
- Copts, History, Oral tradition, Religion and politics, Persecution, History, Copts, Ethnic identity, Ethnic relations, Social aspects
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Touched by the Holy Spirit: the Pentecostalization of Venezuela and the 1998 presidential election.
- Creator
- Grant, Jensen, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Despite the fact that when surveyed 92.4% of the Venezuelan population self identified as Catholic, a large swath of Venezuelans stand Pentecostalized. Pentecostalization in Venezuela seems to take the form of growth in the Catholic Charismatic Movement. The study shows Châvez gained a majority of those whose self identified affiliation is evangelical as well as a majority of those who hold Pentecostal beliefs. The relationship between religion and voting patterns in the 1998 Venezuelan...
Show moreDespite the fact that when surveyed 92.4% of the Venezuelan population self identified as Catholic, a large swath of Venezuelans stand Pentecostalized. Pentecostalization in Venezuela seems to take the form of growth in the Catholic Charismatic Movement. The study shows Châvez gained a majority of those whose self identified affiliation is evangelical as well as a majority of those who hold Pentecostal beliefs. The relationship between religion and voting patterns in the 1998 Venezuelan Presidential case has not been explored. The study does this, concluding that although Venezuela is by and large Pentecostalized, a desire in political and governmental change was the most salient reasons for Venezuelans when they voted for President in 1998.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11590
- Subject Headings
- Elections, History, Religion and politics, History, Pentecostalism, History, Pentecostal churches, Presidents, Election, Politics and government
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Lettre du Comte de Sunderland, a un Ami.
- Creator
- Sunderland, Robert Spencer Earl of 1640-1702
- Abstract/Description
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Uniform Title: Earl of Sunderland's letter to a friend in London. French, Caption title. Probable place of imprint supplied by BM. Dated at end: "Le 19, Janvier 1689." Translation of : The Earl of Sunderland's letter to a friend in London ... London, 1689.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb17f16
- Subject Headings
- Anti Catholicism -- Early works to 1800, Church and state -- Church of England -- Early works to 1800, Church and state -- England -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Religion -- 17th century -- Sources -- Early works to 1800
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- E-book
- Title
- Finding the rainbow connection: moving from toleration to human dignity and acceptance in American life and law.
- Creator
- Lange, Alex C., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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The surge in granting equal rights to gays and lesbians in the United States is remarkable. Yet with this surge comes a conflict : the civil rights of gays and lesbians against the rights of religious individuals, predominantly Christians, refusing to tolerate a behavior they think immoral. My thesis focuses on two hypothetical situations : a county clerk refusing to issue a marriage license to an engaged lesbian couple and an inn owner refusing a night's stay to a gay couple. In both cases,...
Show moreThe surge in granting equal rights to gays and lesbians in the United States is remarkable. Yet with this surge comes a conflict : the civil rights of gays and lesbians against the rights of religious individuals, predominantly Christians, refusing to tolerate a behavior they think immoral. My thesis focuses on two hypothetical situations : a county clerk refusing to issue a marriage license to an engaged lesbian couple and an inn owner refusing a night's stay to a gay couple. In both cases, the clerk and inn owner refuse service for religious reasons. Normatively, I argue that we must move beyond a framework of toleration to a system of equal respect and understanding of our fellow human beings. Legally, I argue that the rights of religious expression and exercise should not trump the civil rights of gays and lesbians in the public sphere.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359308
- Subject Headings
- Gay liberation movement, History, Religion and politics, History, Gay rights, Public opinion, Gays, Social conditions, Constitutional law, Religious aspects, Same-sex marriage, Law and legislation, Sex discrimination, Law and legislation, Gays, Legal status, laws, etc
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A view of the controversy subsisting between Great-Britain and the American colonies. : a sermon, preached at a fast, in Marlborough in Massachusetts-Bay, on Thursday May 11, 1775. Agreeable to a recommendation of the Provincial Congress.
- Creator
- Stearns, William 1749-1783
- Abstract/Description
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By William Stearns, A.M. ; Published at the desire of the hearers. ; [Five lines of Scripture text]. Half-title: Mr. Stearns's fast-sermon, preached May 11, 1775. Sermon, preached at a fast, in Marlborough in Massachusetts-Bay, on Thursday May 11, 1775. Notes: "To the honorable general officers, commanders of the New-England forces, encamped in and about Cambridge and Roxbury, in defence of the property, and rights, sacred and civil, of Americans, against the insults and depredations of...
Show moreBy William Stearns, A.M. ; Published at the desire of the hearers. ; [Five lines of Scripture text]. Half-title: Mr. Stearns's fast-sermon, preached May 11, 1775. Sermon, preached at a fast, in Marlborough in Massachusetts-Bay, on Thursday May 11, 1775. Notes: "To the honorable general officers, commanders of the New-England forces, encamped in and about Cambridge and Roxbury, in defence of the property, and rights, sacred and civil, of Americans, against the insults and depredations of ministerial peculators, and enemies of the British constitution." -- Page [v]-vii. "Addenda."--Page 33. FAU copy imperfect: Pages 25-32 missing. Appears to have been trimmed to 19 cm.
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb3f19
- Subject Headings
- American Revolution (1775-1783), Bible -- Chronicles, 2nd, XX, 11-12 -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800, Fast day sermons -- Massachusetts -- Marlborough -- Early works to 1800, Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Religion and politics -- United States -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800, Sermons, American -- 18th century, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Early works to 1800
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- E-book
- Title
- An oration delivered by invitation, before the Albany County Temperance Society, at the Reformed Dutch Church in Bethlehem, July 4, 1838.
- Creator
- Southwick, Solomon, 1773-1839, Southwick, Alfred, 1812-1862
- Abstract/Description
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Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F². "Corrections."--Page [44]. FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: cover missing; edges trimmed to 20 cm.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb12f20
- Subject Headings
- Fourth of July addresses -- 1838, Fourth of July celebrations -- New York (State) -- Bethlehem, Religion and politics -- United States, Democracy -- United States -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Bible -- Influence -- Modern civilization, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, Usury, Temperance -- New York (State) -- Societies, etc, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
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- E-book
- Title
- "The higher law" in its application to the Fugitive slave bill. A sermon on the duties men owe to God and to governments.
- Creator
- Lord, John C. (John Chase) 1805-1877, Union Safety Committee
- Abstract/Description
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Sermon on the duties men owe to God and to governments. Notes: "John F. Trow, printer, 49, 51 & 53 Ann-Street, New York."--verso of title page. Central Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb15f17
- Subject Headings
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850) -- Sermons, United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853 -- Sermons, Bible -- Matthew, XXII, 17-21 -- Sermons, Civil disobedience -- Religious aspects -- Sermons, Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850), Slavery and the church -- United States -- Sermons, Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- Sermons, Religion and state -- United States -- Sermons, Thanksgiving Day addresses -- Sermons
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- E-book
- Title
- Die dritte Declaration von Sr. Hoheit Wilhelm Henrich [The Third Declaration of His Highness William Henry, Prince of Orange/ and the Proclamation of the King of Great Britain concerning the appointment of a Parliament].
- Creator
- William III King of England 1650-1702
- Abstract/Description
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Letter 1: Dated December 8, 1688. Declaration by William III of Orange, later King William II of England, Scotland and Ireland, justifying an invasion of England to preserve the Protestant religion. Letter 2: Dated December 10, 1688. Proclamation by King James II of England; calls for the quick establishment of a Parliament.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb1f5
- Subject Headings
- Church and state -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714 -- Early works to 1800, Protestantism -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800, Scotland -- History -- Revolution of 1688 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Scotland -- Religion -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800, James II King of England 1633-1701
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- E-book
- Title
- Politische Consideration und Staats Anmerkungen uber den schönen und nervosen Brieff Hrn. Fagels, Raths Pensionarii von Holland.
- Creator
- Fagel, Caspar 1634-1688
- Abstract/Description
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[“Political considerations and state comments about the letter from Lord Fagel, councilor and Pensioner of Holland, in which he answers the letter from Lord James Stewart.”] Regarding the ongoing correspondence between Lord Fagel and (King James II) James Stewart about the repeal of the Test Act and penal laws. Original in French; no English version available. 1688.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb1f28
- Subject Headings
- Church and state -- England -- Early works to 1800, Dissenters, Religious -- Legal status, laws, etc -- England -- Early works to 1800, England and Wales -- Test Act 1673 -- Early works to 1800, Freedom of religion -- England -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688 -- Early works to 1800, Liberty of conscience -- Early works to 1800
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- E-book