IMPACT OF MISSIONARY ZEAL
Religious beliefs and the zeal of Missionaries and Preachers had an undeniable influence on America's history since the first explorers set foot on this continents shores. Religious was used as a tool to justify individual goals and to provide society with the justification for slavery. Slavery provided great economic gain to the south and religion was manipulated to allow southerners to ease their conscience. Literature of the time particularly the work of Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the distortion of Christian teachings to light; giving voice to the inconsistencies and inequities of the slave system compared Biblical teachings. Impact of Missionary Zeal on American HistoryThe North American continent was first occupied by missionaries from Spain, France and England; their quest for new lands and riches was the driving force behind the missionaries and the countries that sent them. Religious conversion of native peoples was a pretext used by the missionaries to justify their coming to the new land.The early colonization by the Spanish and the French had two goals. The first goal was riches and their second goal was actually a goal of the Catholic Church. This goal was to Chris
" Two views were heard across this country and each guided by religious zeal; both believing each were right and in accord with God and the Bible; but polar opposites. Its first amendment with its religion influence is obvious "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Clare to his wife, Marie says, "Religion! Is that what you hear at church religion? Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion? Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, worldly, blinded nature?" Another great piece of American literature that documents our American history and gives us insight into the effect religion had on our American heritage is the - Constitution of the United States of America. This awakening took place through the different denominations of colonial America from the Presbyterians, Puritans and Baptists. In Uncle Tom's Cabin as in real life religion was used as a device to maintain domination over the slaves by giving them the idea that it was God's will for them to obey their masters and that by obeying their masters and the word of God then they would earn a place in heaven. Churches had the means and place in which to educate its members about what ever issues it chose. A freethinking human being is a danger to the slaveholders society would wishes to retain domination over the slaves. Probably to the dismay of missionaries, clergy and the like. Early Europeans had very similar motives, the desire for new lands, riches and control; although Europeans such as the British, Dutch and Germans had religious freedom to gain by the move to the new continent. As an example Thomson Jefferson recognized that the churches could be used to support their cause and cited religious freedom to the Baptists and others. On the other side of this issue men such as Rev. The Puritans were a group of religious reformers who left England in the middle 1600's; they shared a common Calvinist theology and were highly critical of the Church of England and English society and government. they needed to give the appearance of faith in order to claim leadership in the righteous cause to over-throw the crown.
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