Not Rights, But Power

by Charlotte Allen

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is actually about the power of militantly liberal governments to persecute Christians.  Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2017

A Less Corrupt Term

by Marc O. DeGirolami and Kevin C. Walsh

In these unusually turbulent times for the presidency and Congress, the Supreme Court’s latest term stands out for its lack of drama. There were no 5–4 end-of-the-term cases that mesmerized the nation. There were no blockbuster decisions. Even so, the Court was hardly immune to the steady . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2017

Michael Cromartie Rides On

by John Murdock

Michael Cromartie, longtime vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., passed away on Monday.  Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2017

Briefly Noted

by Benjamin Brady and Randy Boyagoda

Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power by anna su harvard, 296 pages, $39.95 Anna Su’s study of U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom abroad from 1898 through the present ends as it begins. In the Philippines in the early twentieth century and again in Iraq in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Let’s Not Make a Deal...at Least this Deal

by George Weigel

The rumored reconciliation between the Church and the followers Marcel Lefebvre cannot take place on the Lefebvrists’ terms. Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2017

No Protestants on the Court

by Mark Movsesian

How the absence of Evangelicals on the Supreme Court might affect the course of American law. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2016

Christian Freedom Amidst Persecution

by Stephen Schwartz

This volume accompanies another substantial collection, Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives, prepared by the same editors. Professor Hertzke is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences as well as the faculty of the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Shah is associate director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and associate professor in the Government Department at Georgetown University.
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6 May 2016

New Paper on Human Dignity and Religious Freedom

by Mark Movsesian

For those who are interested, a draft version of my new article, “Of Human Dignities,” is now available on the Social Science Research Network site. The article will appear in a forthcoming symposium in the Notre Dame Law Review on the 50th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, the Vatican II . . . . Continue Reading »

4 May 2016

Silence of the Churches

by Nina Shea

Tomorrow, on April 29th, Rome’s white marble Trevi Fountain—its swirling waters and the charging baroque statues of Oceanus, his sea shell chariot and attendant tritons and horses—will all be turned blood red in a campaign to raise awareness about modern day Christian martyrs. The popular . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Apr 2016

A Mormon Perspective on Religious Freedom

by Dallin H. Oaks

The following was delivered Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claremont Graduate University by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Society I feel privileged to address this important religious . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Mar 2016