PS 202: Midterm Examination
founded during Colonial period (1620-1775) by inspiration of John Calvin, clear separation of
church and state (both ordained by God), intolerant of other religions (Catholic and Jew could
not hold property or vote), 9/13 colonies had an established religion (Protestant), early dissent
by Roger Williams and William Penn - answers✔✔Puritan view of religion and politics
Jefferson: freedom of religion, no religious laws or interference
Adams: no coercion to one religion, liberties for atheists, nothing wrong with established church
- answers✔✔models of religious liberty
Jefferson and Paine were deists, reject the divine revelation but accept the natural revelation,
Madison et al. worried institutional religion would corrupt the government -
answers✔✔Enlightened Separationists
emphasized that religion was cornerstone for morality, virtue, and democratic government,
supported by Washington, Adams, and Marshall - answers✔✔Political Centrists
wants faith and religion to be voluntary, but religion could be corrupted by the government,
according to Sherman, Witherspoon, and Backus - answers✔✔Pietistic Separationists
liberty of conscience, free exercise, religious pluralism, religious equality, separation of church
and state, disestablishment of religion - answers✔✔Essential Rights and Liberties of Religion
protects private right to choose one's religion, prohibits religious discrimination -
answers✔✔Liberty of Conscience
, includes freedom of worship, speech, education, assembly, and publication, accepted in some
form in all 13 colonies - answers✔✔Free Exercise
Evangelical and Enlightenment: confessional pluralism- accommodation of many forms of
religious expression
Puritan and Republican: social pluralism- accommodation of many religious groups and
associations - answers✔✔Religious Pluralism
founders meant for equality by law (favored Protestants), and did not include equality of non-
religion - answers✔✔Religious Equality
Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson spoke of "wall of separation" - answers✔✔Separation
between Church and State
many opposed national church but accepted state churches, also argued disestablishment
protects other liberties - answers✔✔Disestablishment of Religion
took many drafts, the Constitution only mentions nonsecular religion 4 times -
answers✔✔Religion Clause Construction
federalism, institutional separation, accommodation, benevolent neutrality - answers✔✔Core
Principles of Religion Clause
separation of powers, enumerated powers, division of authority between federal and state
government - answers✔✔Federalism
essentially, the government cannot fund and favor one particular church -
answers✔✔Institutional Separation
founded during Colonial period (1620-1775) by inspiration of John Calvin, clear separation of
church and state (both ordained by God), intolerant of other religions (Catholic and Jew could
not hold property or vote), 9/13 colonies had an established religion (Protestant), early dissent
by Roger Williams and William Penn - answers✔✔Puritan view of religion and politics
Jefferson: freedom of religion, no religious laws or interference
Adams: no coercion to one religion, liberties for atheists, nothing wrong with established church
- answers✔✔models of religious liberty
Jefferson and Paine were deists, reject the divine revelation but accept the natural revelation,
Madison et al. worried institutional religion would corrupt the government -
answers✔✔Enlightened Separationists
emphasized that religion was cornerstone for morality, virtue, and democratic government,
supported by Washington, Adams, and Marshall - answers✔✔Political Centrists
wants faith and religion to be voluntary, but religion could be corrupted by the government,
according to Sherman, Witherspoon, and Backus - answers✔✔Pietistic Separationists
liberty of conscience, free exercise, religious pluralism, religious equality, separation of church
and state, disestablishment of religion - answers✔✔Essential Rights and Liberties of Religion
protects private right to choose one's religion, prohibits religious discrimination -
answers✔✔Liberty of Conscience
, includes freedom of worship, speech, education, assembly, and publication, accepted in some
form in all 13 colonies - answers✔✔Free Exercise
Evangelical and Enlightenment: confessional pluralism- accommodation of many forms of
religious expression
Puritan and Republican: social pluralism- accommodation of many religious groups and
associations - answers✔✔Religious Pluralism
founders meant for equality by law (favored Protestants), and did not include equality of non-
religion - answers✔✔Religious Equality
Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson spoke of "wall of separation" - answers✔✔Separation
between Church and State
many opposed national church but accepted state churches, also argued disestablishment
protects other liberties - answers✔✔Disestablishment of Religion
took many drafts, the Constitution only mentions nonsecular religion 4 times -
answers✔✔Religion Clause Construction
federalism, institutional separation, accommodation, benevolent neutrality - answers✔✔Core
Principles of Religion Clause
separation of powers, enumerated powers, division of authority between federal and state
government - answers✔✔Federalism
essentially, the government cannot fund and favor one particular church -
answers✔✔Institutional Separation
