No Victory for
Religious Liberty

by Darel E. Paul

The Masterpiece Cakeshop decision is not a win for religious liberty in America. Continue Reading »

5 Jun 2018

Rights in Common

by Matthew D. Wright

The dazzling efficiency with which corporate America exchanges its turkeys and pumpkins for snowmen and reindeer each year confirms that our society is fully post-Christian. The occasional earnest performance of “O Holy Night” is a rule-proving exception. For the most part, endless ranks of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2018

Letters

by Various

PROTESTANT PARANOIA? R. R. Reno confirms Samuel Gregg’s suspicion that First Things is tempering its embrace of free markets (“Building Bridges, Not Walls,” November). Perhaps he can confirm—or deny—whether the journal is also rethinking its commitment to the free exercise of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

The Zealous Faith of Secularism

by Mary Eberstadt

Begin with a sobering fact. During the past ten years, some of the sharpest observers of our time have come to believe that the tectonic plates underlying Western civilization have shifted momentously. One result is a deep, creative struggle among the thoughtful for new imagery and fresh analogies . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

A Harvest of Witnesses

by William Mumma

The fight for religious liberty is the age-old contest between the King and the Church, between Caesar and the Truth. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2017

Rousseau, Sanders, and the Religious Test

by David T. Koyzis

Earlier this month, Sanders appeared not to understand that there is no justice where religious liberty lacks protection. Continue Reading »

26 Jun 2017

Interreligious Dialogue with Edge and Purpose

by George Weigel

What Benedict outlined in 2006 remains true eleven years later: In order to live in peace with “the rest,” Islam must find within its own religious and intellectual resources a way to affirm religious tolerance. Continue Reading »

31 May 2017

A Note on the Kentucky Decision

by Mark Bauerlein

The real issue at stake in Kentucky's religious liberty kerfuffle is not discrimination, but belief—a belief that will not bow to sexual progressivism. Continue Reading »

22 May 2017

Don’t Celebrate Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order

by Mark Movsesian

On religious accommodation, the order does pretty little. But it hints at an unwelcome change in American tradition that conservatives should resist. Continue Reading »

9 May 2017

Kink is Not Conscience

by Samuel D. James

Trying to argue for intellectual diversity and good faith by sticking up for kink is like trying to get high-school students excited about reading Romeo and Juliet by comparing it to Fifty Shades of Grey—it’s not just ridiculous, but dishonest. Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2017