First Amendment Discussion

***As a writing style we are using Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS). Notice, we are NOT USING FOOTNOTES or a BIBLIOGRAPHY at the end of your written works. However, on ALL assignments we will use CMOS Author/Date style (in-text citations style) of citing sources with a CMOS Resources Cited list at the end of all your writing submissions. The Resources Cited list follows Kate Turabian’s standard listings for bibliographic material listed in her book, A Manual for Writers, 9th edition. See Chapters 18 & 19 for details.*** Read pages 24-40 from Witte and Nicols. (Witte, John, and Joel A. Nichols. Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment. Oxford University Press, 2016.)
Describe the two religious clauses of the First Amendment and how it came to be written. Be sure to include the significance of the First Amendment and its relationship to theology and politics. Address the following: A) Theology, Politics and the First Amendment. B) Four different viewpoints i.e. 1. Puritan views 2. Evangelical views 3. Enlightenment views 4. Civic Republican views