Teología y política de la libertad religiosa en Norteamérica: cuatro modelos procedentes de la época fundacional

• Autores: John Witte
• Localización: Persona y derecho: Revista de fundamentación de las Instituciones Jurídicas y de Derechos Humanos, ISSN 0211-4526, Nº. 77, 2017, págs. 371-401
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.15581/011.77.371-401
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The Theology and Politics of the U.S. Religion Clauses: Four Models from the Foundational Era
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  • español

    En este artículo, el autor analiza los cuatro distintos modelos de libertad religiosa que se pueden distinguir en la época fundacional estadounidense: el modelo puritano, el evangélico, el ilustrado y el cívico-republicano. Los exponentes de estos cuatro modelos a menudo defendieron causas communes y utilizaron un mismo lenguaje, particularmente durante el período de debates de la convención constitucional y ratificación. Sin embargo, cada grupo ofreció su propia doctrina sobre la libertad religiosa y tuvo sus propias preferencias para su implementación en el derecho constitucional. Juntos, se puede decir que estos grupos sostuvieron las cuatro esquinas de un amplio dosel de opinión sobre la libertad religiosa en la América del siglo XVIII.

  • English

    In this article, the author explores the four distinct models on religious liberty that can be distinguished from the American founding era: Puritan, Evangelical, Enlightenment, and Civic Republican models. Exponents of these four models often found common cause and used common language, particularly during the constitutional convention and ratification debates. Yet each group offered its own distinct teachings on religious liberty and had its own preferences for their implementation in constitutional law. Together, these groups held up the four corners of a wide canopy of opinion about religious liberty in eighteenth-century America.

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