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  2. Religious law - Wikipedia

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    The laws are based on authenticated texts from Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, subsequent interpretations from `Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi and legislation by the Universal House of Justice. [4] Baháʼí law is presented as a set of general principles and guidelines and individuals must apply them as they best seem fit. [4]

  3. Religious discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Based on the research carried out by the University of Washington, Muslims and atheists in the United States deal with experience religious discrimination more than those of Christian faiths. [ 1 ] According to a Pew Research Center survey carried out in March 2019, "Most American adults (82%) say Muslims are subject to at least some ...

  4. Christian amendment - Wikipedia

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    Christian amendment describes any of several attempts to amend a country's constitution in order to officially make it a Christian state.. In the United States, the most significant attempt to amend the United States Constitution by inserting explicitly Christian ideas and language began during the American Civil War and was spearheaded by the National Reform Association.

  5. Freedom of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States of America and several other countries, the legal struggles of the Jehovah's Witnesses have yielded some of the most important judicial decisions regarding freedom of religion, press and speech. In the United States, many Supreme Court cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses are now landmark decisions of First Amendment law. Of ...

  6. Separation of church and state in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that ...

  7. Religion and politics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has more Christians than any other country in the world (US is the largest Christian nation in respect to population). [7] Going forward from its foundation, the United States has been called a Protestant nation by a variety of sources.

  8. Biblical law - Wikipedia

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    Evangelical counsels, or counsels of perfection in Christianity are chastity, poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience; Expounding of the Law by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew; The Great Commandment; Law and Gospel, the relationship between God's Law and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a major topic in Lutheran and Reformed theology

  9. Judeo-Christian ethics - Wikipedia

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    Judaeo-Christian ethics (or Judeo-Christian values) is a supposed value system common to Jews and Christians. It was first described in print in 1941 by English writer George Orwell. The idea that Judaeo-Christian ethics underpin American politics, law and morals has been part of the "American civil religion" since the 1940s.