Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Religion and Government
- Prayers in Government
- Before the debates begin, the House
of Lords and the House of Commons
both say a specialist prayer.
- To bless the
debates
- The House of Commons' prayer is said by the speaker.
- The House of Lords' prayer is said
by a Lord Spiritual- The senior
Bishop
- The prayer is optional.
- People stand and face
the wall because in the
past, people would not
have been able to kneel
with swords
- The Lord's Spiritual
- The House of Lords is
the upper house and
the second chamber to
parliament.
- They review the proposed legislation from the House of Commons
- Lords Spiritual rarely attend and only one of
them is needed for them in order to do the
prayer at the beggining.
- Defender of the faith.
- King Henry was given the title of
'Defender of the Faith' after releasing
a book on the sacraments of marriage.
- This title was revoked after he
broke away from the Roman
Catholic Church
- Parliament gave him
back the title, but this
time as a 'Defender of
Anglicanism'
- All monarchs have been appointed the tile of 'Defenders of Anglicanism'
- Prince Charles said that 'I personally would rather see my future role
of Defender of Faith, not the Faith'
- Should religion be involved in the workings of the state?
- YES
- It is impossible to
seperate religion and
politics as they are
both crucial parts of
life
- Religious believers have moral
responcibility to campaign for
political issues that follow their faith
- Religious believers have
always been involved in
important political changes.
such as the demolition of
slavery and the campaigning
against racism.
- It is important to put
the will of God before
man
- Religious people
encourage more money
to be spent on things
such as education and
hospitals
- Religion can ensure
that the government
acts in a good and
moral way
- NO
- Atheists may resent the
religious involvement in
secular matters
- Religious believers should be more concerned
about their spiritual development rather than
politics.
- The UK is a very developed society and has many religions
within it. Maybe it would reduce conflict by taking away
Christianitys involvement in politics.
- Romans 13:1- 'Everyone must submit themselves to the governing authorities, for
there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that
exist have been established by God'