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Acton Institute for the Study Religion &
Liberty
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The American Jewish Committee |
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
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Americans
United for Separation of Church & State |
Religious Freedom Page Virginia.edu, lots of documents first liberty ... concerned with issues of religious freedom in the U.S. and world |
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Baptist Joint
Committee on Public Affairs supported many many Baptist bodies in the
pursuit for religious freedom & watching the government |
US Commission on Religious Freedom monitors religious freedom around the world |
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The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
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Erowid Religious Freedom Vault for American Indian |
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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
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International Religious Freedom Bureau of Democracy, US State Department |
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CAFF – Council for America’s First Freedom From Virginia to the World - A Legacy of Religious Freedom Site Directory; The Columbian Block Building 1301 East Cary Street |
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National Committee For Amish Religious Freedom 30650 Six Mile Road Livonia, MI 48154 Phone (734) 427-1414 Email: amish@holycrosslivonia.org |
Religious Freedom Home Page opposition to church-state separation |
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Religious Freedom Texts
Milton's Areopagitica, 1643 -- John Milton
(1608-1674)
Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
William's Plea for Religious
Liberty, 1644 -- Roger Williams (ca 1603-1683)
Perhaps the first and most passionate, and one of the most significant
statements for America.
This piece is an excerpt from the longer piece: The Bloody Tenent of
Persecution, for Cause of Conscience
Maryland Toleration Act, 1649
Virginia
Bill of Rights
June 12, 1776 ~ Most famous State Bill of Rights, with statement on Religious Freedom by Patrick Henry
Declaration of Independence, 1776 ~ of course
Bill of Rights to the Constitution of the United States
Religious
Liberty - Three Formative, Basic Documents
Intro & Commentary
by John Adams, 1965
1. Memorial & Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments
James Madison, 1785
2. Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom
Thomas Jefferson, 1779
3. Letter to Danbury Baptist Association
Thomas Jefferson, 1802
Virginia
Statute on Religious Liberty
January 16, 1886
Declaration
of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Marquis de Lafayette, National Assembly of France,
August
26, 1789
Jefferson's
Inaugural Speech
March 14, 1801 ~ Famous for faith & beauty
Garrison's
Liberator, Vol. I, No. 1
January 1, 1831 ~ Perhaps FIRST use of "All Religions"
in the defense of a great cause--Abolition
Seneca
Falls Declaration of Sentiments & Resolutions
July 19, 1848 ~ Genesis of Women's Rights & powerful
statement on equality of rights based upon human nature
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
History of Freedom in Antiquity:
An Address Delivered to the Members of the Bridgnorth Institute
February 26, 1877 by Lord Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
1st Baron Acton of Aldenham
History of Freedom in
Christianity:
An Address Delivered to the Members of the Bridgnorth Institute
March 28, 1877 by Lord Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
1st Baron Acton of Aldenham
Roosevelt's
Four Freedom's Speech
July 7, 1941 ~ Became one of the most succinct statements
on what American resolve stand upon & would fight for
Key Documents in Advocacy of Religious
Toleration:
From Chelcicky to Helwys
Professor James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1976
Key Documents Toward the Advocacy of Religious
Freedom:
From Roger Williams Through Vatican Council II
Professor James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1976
Religious Freedom:
Why and How in Today’s World
Southwestern Journal of Theology 18
(Spring 1976): 9-24.
Professor James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1976
United
Nations Declaration on Human Rights
December 10, 1948 ~ a world class statement
Declaration
on Religious Freedom - Dignitatis Humanae
His Holiness Pope Paul VI, December 7, 1965
Declaration
on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on
Religion or Belief
Proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly,
Resolution 36/55, 25 November 25, 1981
Critique on Barton's "America's Godly
Heritage"
June 18, 1996 by the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs
The
Oslo Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief
August 15, 1998
Respect
for Human Rights: The Secret of True Peace
For the Celebration of the World Day of Peace
His Holiness Pope John Paul II, January 1, 1999
United
Nations Commission on Human Rights Civil and Political Rights, Including the
Question of Religious Intolerance
Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, a
non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the UN on
behalf of Tibet, February 15, 1999
Geneva
Spiritual Appeal - Honoring United Nations Day -
Sunday, October 24, 1999
United
Nations ~ International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation
with Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-discrimination
Madrid, November 23-25, 2001
Shared Vision: Religious Liberty in the 21st
Century first published in July 1994, the original statement was
signed by more than 80 individuals and six religious and civil liberties
organizations. This version was updated by the below-listed organizations to
reflect legislative and judicial developments in church-state law since the
original release, October 2002:
The American Jewish Committee,
Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs,
The Interfaith Alliance Foundation,
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.,
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
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