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FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS HERITAGE

What is freedom of religion? What is its relation to other values in society? How do we respect religious heritage in democracies - particularly in multi-cultural democracies that contain many potentially conflicting - values? How far can one express one's religious heritage? In what follows, I want to discuss these issues with a view to determining whether some kind of secularism is the best public policy to pursue in order to respect and promote freedom of religion and one's religious heritage, particularly in contemporary liberal democracies

THE USE OF HISTORY

The use or value of history today has been questioned by many.But it is not an issue that we should feel free to ignore. Our values, ourperspectives, and our very identities are reflections of our cultures; weknow that we are not merely biological beings. Yet neither are we justcultural beings – we are historical beings. Our value as human beingscannot be understood without also considering our histories

Oral History Interview: William H. Sweet

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. In this interview, Mr. Sweet discusses his experiences working at Huntington Alloys, a labor strike at a plant, being laid off, his family, and brief section on gardening.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1234/thumbnail.jp