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Home: Core Subjects: History: US: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: History: US: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Religious Freedom in America - Roger ScrutonWhen James Madison agitated to make religious freedom fundamental to the United States Constitution, it was not from hostility to religion. It was from hostility to established religion, with its presumption of an authority in worldly affairs that only an elected government should exercise. Email This Article Subculture called vital for a Catholic resurgence - Russell ShawThe story of Catholicism in America may be an open book, but the book reads very differently depending on who's doing the writing. Email This Article Thanksgiving Quiz - Kerby AndersonThis nation was founded by Christians, and Thanksgiving is a time when we can reflect upon this rich, Christian heritage. But many of us are often ignorant of our country’s origins, so we have put together a Thanksgiving quiz to test your knowledge about this nation’s biblical foundations. Email This Article The American Experience - JAMES HITCHCOCKOf the many nations founded in modern times, few have had as strongly religious a heritage as the United States of America. Email This Article The Catholic Church in the United States of America - Fr. Robert J. FoxThis chapter explores the early days of the English colonies, when the rights of Catholics were not respected, to the end of the nineteenth century. Email This Article The Consequences of Columbus - ROBERT ROYALA condescending noblesse oblige continues to cloud our discussions of European and Native cultures. Email This Article The Currency of Faith - John Andrew MurrayHow one man put God into circulation. Email This Article The Legal Principles of the Founding Fathers and the Supreme Court - REV. EDWARD J. MELVIN, C.M.The Founders placed belief in God and acceptance of natural moral law (derived from reason and corroborated in Judeo-Christian revelation) as the foundation of the American system. Email This Article The Puzzling Faith of Abraham Lincoln - Mark NollThe end of the Civil War in the spring of 1865 began a national discussion that has not stopped 125 years later. What did the war mean? What was its significance to the nation? More momentously, what was its significance to God? Email This Article The Relevance of Thomas Jefferson - DONALD D'ELIAAmong the Founding Fathers of the American nation there appears to be none more deserving of the title of “modern man” than the Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States. Email This Article Pages Updated On: 22-Apr-2008 - 09:44:21
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