A question I've been trying to research is: What happened in England several hundred years ago that caused them to stop perverting Christianity into justification for authoritarianism (e.g., get rid of the "divine right of kings" doctrine, etc.)?
You have to get hold of Michael Barone’s book “Our First Revolution” which is the story of how William of Orange (Holland) became King of England in 1688 and the subsequent overhaul of the British Parliament that set in place the principles that were part of the American Revolution and are still affecting former British colonies around the world today. It’s kind of a difficult book because it’s packed with so much information of everything that was going on at the same time and you can kind of get lost in the details and the names but if you persevere you will get a really good insight into the history of the time. William’s real goal was to defeat Louis 15 of France who was determined to totally take over Europe but he needed Britain’s help to stop him so he had to depose the British James who supported Louis. All the political goings-on back then were just as crazy as they are today. My husband and I had a lot of fun reading this one out loud to each other.