Was America designed as 'Christian nation'? Essay contest invites researched answers

Huntsville, Alabama - This is a tough task, but high school sophomores and senior citizens who are actively conducting cautious investigations on religious freedom in the United States gained $ 2000 for that trouble and went to Washington DC You can go. .

The annual religious liberty scholarship sponsored by the Baptist Joint Committee Religious Freedom Committee is open to all US high school students in the graduation class in 2013 and 2014. Submit your entries by March 1, 2013

"The establishment of the United States is religiously diverse, with a population of not only many Protestant groups, small Catholics and Jews but also those engaged in traditional American indigenous religion and engaged in religious activities in Africa Today, some Americans argue that this country was established as a "Christian country", others believe this is a myth.

"Research and evaluate the idea of ​​the United States that it will be established as a" Christian nation "using the US Constitution and the founder's work of the United States. This includes the discussion of the current rules of influence on all democratic religious freedom in the elections and the initiative of voting.

Winners will be announced in the summer of 2013. For more information, please contact the Baptist Joint Committee Religious Freedom Committee Cherilyn Crowe, CCrowe @ BJConline.org and 202-544-4226.

Religious journalist Kay Campbell (Huntsville Times) and www.al.com can contact at KCampbell @ al.com and 256-532-4320.

America was established as a theme of the Christian nation, and the concept that Jesus was obeyed in America. America is a past and present Christian, but it is not based on Christianity. Fea did not answer the question about America becoming a Christian (Fea 245). Prothero mentioned several things about Jesus in America, but in many Americans Jesus is considered different (Prothero 9). I would like to think that the United States was established as a Christian country, but I can not agree. of

America is a beautiful country and none of the other countries on the planet is like America. But modern American culture is not a "perfect" Christian utopia. And Puritan aims to find such utopia. My Jeremiyad study in America has given me a better understanding of America and an understanding of the origins of Christianity in this country that I have never had before. In my study, not to mention a lot of our independent songs, I met American hymns with a very patriotic flavor. Studying only the early Puritan music is a matter of course how the Puritans handled themselves, not to mention that the music might be a theological gold mine of Puritan, and how God It reveals whether you saw the spirit. Our national anthem says the United States is a sweet home for families. America is a special place, for many people all over the world, America is the preferred destination for immigrants.