The Church and Democracy: Primary Source

http://america.eb.com/america/article?articleId=387209



John Courtney Murray " The State-Church and Democratic Society," Annals of American History. <http://america.eb.com/america/article?articleId=387209>[Accessed February 1, 2010].



The idea of this article was to merge democratic standards and standards of the church together to form a theological society. It also connects the two saying that they go hand in hand and each requires parts of the other to be successful. I think this article is both truthful but also unrealistic, it is true that many morals that exist in society also exist in most religions such as do not kill, or do not steal, but the idea that all are going to agree to a church state rather than a democratic state is very far fetched. The church state after all is highly controlled by its figures of power and maintained by conservatives, while the basic framework and building of our government is to have as little power given to single figures as possible. He also talks about how although the Constitution says there is freedom of religion to believe or not to believe what you want to, this conflicts often with the ability to exercise it freely. Sometimes in attempt to protect those who don't believe a certain thing from being made to, the government often prevent the free expression of religion. A big part of this article is that the church must adapt to changing times and changing people, the world is becoming more and more liberal (not to say there aren't many conservatives) and with change must come adaptation in order to prosper.