Politics And Religion In America

Politics and Religion in AmericaAuthorDepartment, University Course code: Course title Instructor Due DatePolitics and Religion in AmericaReligion has always played an essential part in American politics. The earliest settlers in the country were motivated to migrate to the United States for various reasons; top on their list was the pursuit for religious freedom. According to Will Durant, “Men came across the sea not merely to find new soil for their plows but to win freedom for their souls, to think and speak and worship as they would” (Mudekereza, p.1, 2018). Puritans in England felt that politics had manipulated religion; hence, creating a new England where religion would influence politics and not vice versa. As such, the United States of America was known as the "one country under God" (Kruse, 2015). Although religion's impact is still significant in the US's politics especially in the Southern States, pluralism in the 20th and 21stcentury is gradually replacing conservativism. The slow drift from a Protestant Christian country towards religious pluralism emerged since America's third president Thomas Jefferson. Unlike his predecessors, Jefferson did not seek the endorsement of the protestant