Religious Freedom, Registration Issues and the Colonial Legacy of State Recog...Cometan
Brandon Reece Taylorian presents to the Lancaster University Law School his doctoral research on religious recognition and registration issues and their impacts on freedom of religion or belief. Brandon details the most concerning religious freedom violations emerging from how states seek to influence the process in which religions become recognised in society. Brandon also outlines his main concerns for how registration is used as a tool of surveillance by states. Brandon considers the international response to these recognition and registration issues from the United Nations, OSCE and European Court of Human Rights. Finally, Brandon reveals some of his postdoctoral research looking at colonialism as a factor influencing recognition and registration issues and how the remnants of colonialist attitude remain today in the recognition systems of various nation states.
State Department 2013 Report on Haiti Religious FreedomStanleylucas
The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and, in practice, the government generally respected religious freedom. The Islamic community and Voudou (Voodoo) practitioners continued to be unable to obtain legal recognition by the government.
There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice.
U.S. embassy representatives routinely met with religious and civil society leaders to seek their views on religious freedom matters. Embassy-sponsored programs included a roundtable discussion on tolerance that included various religious groups.
Religious Freedom, Registration Issues and the Colonial Legacy of State Recog...Cometan
Brandon Reece Taylorian presents to the Lancaster University Law School his doctoral research on religious recognition and registration issues and their impacts on freedom of religion or belief. Brandon details the most concerning religious freedom violations emerging from how states seek to influence the process in which religions become recognised in society. Brandon also outlines his main concerns for how registration is used as a tool of surveillance by states. Brandon considers the international response to these recognition and registration issues from the United Nations, OSCE and European Court of Human Rights. Finally, Brandon reveals some of his postdoctoral research looking at colonialism as a factor influencing recognition and registration issues and how the remnants of colonialist attitude remain today in the recognition systems of various nation states.
State Department 2013 Report on Haiti Religious FreedomStanleylucas
The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and, in practice, the government generally respected religious freedom. The Islamic community and Voudou (Voodoo) practitioners continued to be unable to obtain legal recognition by the government.
There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice.
U.S. embassy representatives routinely met with religious and civil society leaders to seek their views on religious freedom matters. Embassy-sponsored programs included a roundtable discussion on tolerance that included various religious groups.
Statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia regarding Proposition # 24. The Bishops are vehemently opposed to the proposition, seeing it as divisive and a recipe for chaos for our emerging democracy.
First Published: (2008) 13 LGLJ 168 - All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication does not constitute legal advice of any kind. The author Ian Ellis-Jones does not guarantee or warrant the current accuracy, legal correctness or up-to-dateness of the information contained in the publication.
Read the following article Answer the questions after reading.docxveachflossie
Read the following article: Answer the questions after reading
1. Identify 4 places in our society you can see a clear separation of church and State.
2.Identify 4 places in our society you cannot see the separation of church and State.
Separation of church and state has long been viewed as a cornerstone of American democracy. At the same time, the concept has remained highly controversial in the popular culture and law. Much of the debate over the application and meaning of the phrase focuses on its historical antecedents. This article briefly examines the historical origins of the concept and its subsequent evolutions in the nineteenth century.
Religion and Government are certainly very different Things, instituted for different Ends; the design of one being to promote our temporal Happiness; the design of the other to procure the Favour of God, and thereby the Salvation of our Souls. While these are kept distinct and apart, the Peace and welfare of Society is preserved, and the Ends of both are answered. By mixing them together, feuds, animosities and persecutions have been raised, which have deluged the World in Blood, and disgraced human Nature.
1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
John Dickinson, one of the Founding Fathers, wrote the above statement in 1768 on the advent of the American Revolution. As a Pennsylvanian, Dickinson was not criticizing his colony’s religious establishment (there was none); rather he was commenting on one of the rising issues of the day: the proper relationship between religion and government in a society that increasingly identified with the principles of natural rights and rationalism originating in the Enlightenment. The immediate context was a controversy over a proposal to appoint the first American bishop of the Church of England, the presumptive established church for the British American colonies. At the time, religious establishments—that is, government support for “public ministers” and houses of worship through forced taxation or “assessments”—existed in nine of the thirteen colonies, but the Anglican Church was only dominant in four southern colonies. Colonialists living in the remaining colonies—those residing in colonies without establishments as well as those in colonies with “multiple” establishments that favored dissenting sects such as Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and Dutch Reformed—feared that a domestic Anglican bishop would not only increase the power of the Anglican Church at the expense of other Protestant bodies, but also would threaten the civil and religious liberties that the colonialists had grown to expect over 150 years of benign neglect.
Even before the political crisis arose in 1765, these Americans overwhelmingly identified with the opposition Whigs in England, who criticized the corruption and authoritarianism of the established church. As patriots raised claims of political liberty in those formative years, matters of religious liberty and ...
Statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia regarding Proposition # 24. The Bishops are vehemently opposed to the proposition, seeing it as divisive and a recipe for chaos for our emerging democracy.
First Published: (2008) 13 LGLJ 168 - All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication does not constitute legal advice of any kind. The author Ian Ellis-Jones does not guarantee or warrant the current accuracy, legal correctness or up-to-dateness of the information contained in the publication.
Read the following article Answer the questions after reading.docxveachflossie
Read the following article: Answer the questions after reading
1. Identify 4 places in our society you can see a clear separation of church and State.
2.Identify 4 places in our society you cannot see the separation of church and State.
Separation of church and state has long been viewed as a cornerstone of American democracy. At the same time, the concept has remained highly controversial in the popular culture and law. Much of the debate over the application and meaning of the phrase focuses on its historical antecedents. This article briefly examines the historical origins of the concept and its subsequent evolutions in the nineteenth century.
Religion and Government are certainly very different Things, instituted for different Ends; the design of one being to promote our temporal Happiness; the design of the other to procure the Favour of God, and thereby the Salvation of our Souls. While these are kept distinct and apart, the Peace and welfare of Society is preserved, and the Ends of both are answered. By mixing them together, feuds, animosities and persecutions have been raised, which have deluged the World in Blood, and disgraced human Nature.
1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
John Dickinson, one of the Founding Fathers, wrote the above statement in 1768 on the advent of the American Revolution. As a Pennsylvanian, Dickinson was not criticizing his colony’s religious establishment (there was none); rather he was commenting on one of the rising issues of the day: the proper relationship between religion and government in a society that increasingly identified with the principles of natural rights and rationalism originating in the Enlightenment. The immediate context was a controversy over a proposal to appoint the first American bishop of the Church of England, the presumptive established church for the British American colonies. At the time, religious establishments—that is, government support for “public ministers” and houses of worship through forced taxation or “assessments”—existed in nine of the thirteen colonies, but the Anglican Church was only dominant in four southern colonies. Colonialists living in the remaining colonies—those residing in colonies without establishments as well as those in colonies with “multiple” establishments that favored dissenting sects such as Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and Dutch Reformed—feared that a domestic Anglican bishop would not only increase the power of the Anglican Church at the expense of other Protestant bodies, but also would threaten the civil and religious liberties that the colonialists had grown to expect over 150 years of benign neglect.
Even before the political crisis arose in 1765, these Americans overwhelmingly identified with the opposition Whigs in England, who criticized the corruption and authoritarianism of the established church. As patriots raised claims of political liberty in those formative years, matters of religious liberty and ...
23. The Orthodox Church, Jews, and Muslims are the only religious groups deemed to be "legal entities of public law," able to own, bequeath, and inherit property and appear in court under their own names as religious organizations. Other religious organizations may be registered as "legal entities of private law," which cannot own "houses of prayer" or other property directly as religious entities but must create other corporate legal entities in order to own, bequeath, or inherit property, or to appear in court. To be recognized as a "legal entity of private law," a religious group must be a "known religion" or dogma. Court rulings require "known religions" to have publicly taught doctrine with rites of worship that are open to the public, to be nonprofit in nature, to not affect public order or morality adversely, and to have a clear hierarchy of religious authorities. The Ministry of Education and Religion recognizes groups as "known religions" by issuing them "house of prayer" permits. A religious group recognized as a "known religion" is protected by the Constitution. Some religious groups such as Roman Catholics, Pentecostals, Baha'is, Methodists, Mormons, evangelicals, and Jehovah's Witnesses are recognized as "known religions." Other groups, such as Scientologists, Hare Krishna devotees, and polytheistic Hellenic religious groups have applied for but not received recognition as "known religions." No new religious groups have been recognized by the Ministry of Education and Religion since 2006. In March 2008 the Ministry of Education and Religion adopted new requirements for religious groups applying for new "house of prayer" permits to build or operate a religious venue. According to the new requirements, applicants must receive certification from the local Urban Planning Department attesting that a place of worship meets city planning regulations and "requirements for safe congregation." Many religious groups consider the new requirements as additional administrative obstacles to freedom of religious worship and as unfounded in law. As of the end of the reporting period, no religious group had yet received a "house of prayer" permit under the new requirements.Some religious groups face additional legal and administrative burdens because they cannot function as legal entities. Scientologists and members of ancient polytheistic Hellenic religious groups practice their faiths as registered nonprofit civil law organizations, but without "house of prayer" permits. Without the recognition afforded by such permits, weddings officiated by religious leaders are not legally recognized.
24. We Need U.S. Passport Work Visa from the Greek Consulate (2 weeks) Christian Greek speaking Friends! An endorsement from a church (Baptist) Financial support ($8,000) paper work Estimated 3 years completion of paper Including retaining of permits and chasing people down, and acquiring “approved” legal documentation of permission
26. What to offer Contemporary worship A way that church is the center of Christian community Bring people into church Reach out using sports Reach out and being involved in the community
27. I believe that the word can get out and people will change their view on the church, not calling the church dead anymore but calling it fresh, new and a revival
