Biblical Principles of Government & Policy Analysis - University

This homework assignment delves into the application of biblical principles to government and policy analysis. It explores key concepts such as inalienable rights, natural law, and the separation of church and state, providing a framework for understanding the relationship between religious and governmental spheres. The paper also examines the role of government in maintaining law and order, referencing biblical teachings as a guide. Furthermore, it provides an overview of the structure of the US Federal Government, including its three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. Finally, the assignment contrasts and compares three distinct worldviews: Modernism, Christianity, and Postmodernism, analyzing how these perspectives influence governmental approaches and policies. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of religious freedom and the government's role in protecting the rights of its citizens to practice their beliefs within these diverse worldviews.

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Biblical Principles of Government & Policy Analysis
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Contents
Answer 1..........................................................................................................................................2
Answer 2:.........................................................................................................................................3
Answer 3:.........................................................................................................................................3
Answer 4:.........................................................................................................................................4
References:......................................................................................................................................6

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Answer 1
Inalienable rights:
Natural rights bestowed by the God that cannot be denied by the outside forces. These rights
according cannot be revoked by any forces outside except the one who has bestowed such rights,
i.e. God (Yang, 2016).
Natural Law:
Rights that are inherited human beings by human nature virtue can be defined as natural law.
Thus, this view is naturally connected to the inheritance of rights by human beings and not all
living beings.
Separation of church and state:
In order to respect religion Congress shall not formulate any law for prohibition of religion
exercise. Free practice of religion is allowed and no form of Government intervention denies the
rights of individuals to freely practice the religious teachings as long as these are not harmful to
the society (Yang, 2016).
Covenant:
With the objective of understanding overall structure of Bible, the theology developed and
conceptualized can be defined as covenant.
Sin/crime distinction:

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Speech against the God which is abusive, injurious and defamatory can be described as sin.
Crime on the other hand is committing an injurious and abusive act by a human against a fellow
human being.
Answer 2:
Maintaining the law and order situation by controlling crimes in the State is one of the important
policy issues of a Government.
Bible says that God is the final authority and provides a way to be followed by human to live in a
certain way. Following this principle would help the Government to maintain law and order
situation in the state (Ouellette, 2017).
Answer 3:
The Federal Government of United States of America mainly has three branches, Executive
Branch, Legislative Branch and Judiciary Branch. Executive branch is administer by the
President of the United States of America (Beard, 2017). The law are made in the country by the
Legislative branch known as Congress. Supreme Court and nine justices govern the Judiciary
branch (Wilson, 2017). The President has the power to enforce the law made by the Legislative
branch. Two separate divisions of Congress, i.e. Senate and House of Representatives meet to
discuss and formulate laws for the country. The power and duties to interpret laws in accordance
with the constitutions vests with nine special judges of Supreme Court (Hayek, 2014).

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Answer 4:
Three World views are mainly as following:
I. Modernism.
II. Christianity.
III. Postmodernism.
A brief description about the above three world views are discussed below to understand what
these views are all about.
Modernism:
In modernism life has been viewed as a product of a process of random and unconscious
evolutions. In modernism the existence of divinity and higher power has been accepted.
According to the view of modernists the human beings are subjects with conscious and the world
is full of unconscious objects (Lash, 2014).
The Government has the role to allow the modernists views along with other views to be
amalgamated to improve the overall world view.
Christianity:
According to this particular view the most number of people in the world believe in this religion,
i.e. almost 2.2 billion people expected to comply with the Cristian rules and regulations. It is a
religious view thus, it would be wrong to imply that Christianity is a universally accepted world
view as it is not (Silverman, 2017).
Government uses its administrative powers to defend the rights of individual citizens in the
country to practice their religious beliefs with full freedom including Christianity.
Postmodernism:
A broad movement started and developed in mid to late 20th Century which applied to different
facets of human lives including philosophy, arts, architecture. Beginning of postmodernism
marked the departure from modernism.

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The Government should uphold the rights of its citizens to practice the belief under different
world views as long as these are not in contravention against the legislative provisions in the
country (Ruland & Bradbury, 2016).

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References:
Beard, C. (2017). An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Routledge.
Hayek, F. A. (2014). The constitution of liberty. Routledge.
Lash, S. (2014). Sociology of postmodernism. Routledge.
Ouellette, A. (2017). General introduction: Human rights and disability–interdisciplinary
perspectives. In Human Rights and Disability (pp. 15-20). Routledge.
Ruland, R., & Bradbury, M. (2016). From puritanism to postmodernism: a history of American
literature. Routledge.
Silverman, H. J. (2017). Postmodernism: Philosophy and the arts. Routledge.
Yang, S. (2016). Human Rights and the Bible.