Teología Y Política De La Libertad Religiosa En Norteamérica: Cuatro Modelos Procedentes De La Época Fundacional (The Theology and Politics of the U.S. Religion Clauses: Four Models from the Foundational Era)

Revista Persona y Derecho 77 (2017): 371-401

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper

27 Pages Posted: 16 Jan 2018 Last revised: 19 Jul 2019

Date Written: December 28, 2017

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: En este artículo, el autor analiza los cuatro distintos modelos de libertad religiosa que se pueden distinguir en la época fundacional estadounidense: el modelo puritano, el evangélico, el ilustrado y el cívico-republicano. Los exponents de estos cuatro modelos a menudo defendieron causas communes y utilizaron un mismo lenguaje, particularmente durante el período de debates de la convención constitucional y ratificación. Sin embargo, cada grupo ofreció su propia doctrina sobre la libertad religiosa y tuvo sus propias preferencias para su implementación en el derecho constitucional. Juntos, se puede decir que estos grupos sostuvieron las cuatro esquinas de un amplio dosel de opinion sobre la libertad religiosa en la América del siglo XVIII.

English Abstract: In this article, the author explores the four distinct models on religious liberty that can be distinguished from the American founding era: Puritan, Evangelical, Enlightenment, and Civic Republican models. Exponents of these four models often found common cause and used common language, particularly during the constitutional convention and ratification debates. Yet each group offered its own distinct teachings on religious liberty and had its own preferences for their implementation in constitutional law. Together, these groups held up the four corners of a wide canopy of opinion about religious liberty in eighteenth-century America.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Freedom of Religion; United States; 18th Century; Puritans; Evangelicals; Enlightenment; Civic Republican Movement

Suggested Citation

Witte, John, Teología Y Política De La Libertad Religiosa En Norteamérica: Cuatro Modelos Procedentes De La Época Fundacional (The Theology and Politics of the U.S. Religion Clauses: Four Models from the Foundational Era) (December 28, 2017). Revista Persona y Derecho 77 (2017): 371-401, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3094041

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