freedom of worship
Right to pray
Freedom of worship is the right to practice one's religion without government interference or persecution.
The phrase emphasizes the active exercise of faith—attending services, observing rituals, praying—rather than merely holding private beliefs.
It appears in constitutions and human rights documents worldwide: The First Amendment guarantees freedom of worship.
Sometimes distinguished from the broader "freedom of religion," which includes the right to no religion at all.
- Edict of MilanAncient tolerance proclamation
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- religious toleranceAcceptance of differing faiths
- religious libertyProtected right to worship
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
constitution · Huguenots · conscience · conscientious objector · interfaith dialogue · faith community · individual rights · human rights · secularism · moral agency · anti-discrimination laws · civil liberties · First Amendment · separation of church and state · indigenous practices · Pilgrims · religious minority · prayer
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- tolerancetolerance, forbearance, patience, understanding, empathy
- William PennPennsylvania, Philadelphia, Quakers, colonial charter, Sylvania
- interfaithinterfaith, interfaith dialogue, interfaith wedding, interfaith family, interfaith marriage
freedom of worshipstate religion
Government-backed official faith
religious persecution · theocracy · forced conversion · religious intolerance · established church
freedom of worshipreligious censorship
Suppressing material deemed sacrilegious
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