Tag : Thomas Jefferson
Peter Manseau title : Smithsonian Institution Secures First Religion Curator Since 1890s
summary : The Smithsonian Institute's first curator of religion in more than a century is the son of a priest and a nun. Peter Manseau is a scholar who is trying to remind Americans of the nation's diverse religious history, including the messy and splendor infusions. "You can't tell the story of America," he said, "without the role of religion in it."
date : Oct 29, 2016 04:06 PM EDT
National Religious Freedom Day title : National Religious Freedom Day Celebrates American Liberty Jan. 16, 2016
summary : Americans celebrate National Religious Freedom Day on Saturday, as a day set aside each year to honor the right to freely exercise deeply held religious beliefs. The day is always held on Jan. 16, which is the anniversary of the passage of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom on the same day in 1786.
date : Jan 15, 2016 06:15 PM EST
U.S. Policies, American Flag title : Americans Question Whether or Not They Live In a ‘Christian Nation’ as History Challenges That Notion
summary : There has been debate in the United States over whether or not the country was historically founded as a “Christian nation” that has a special relationship with God. A new survey indicated that there are concerns about the status of the country as a whole.
date : Jul 06, 2015 10:38 PM EDT