No Victory for
Religious Liberty
by Darel E. Paul
The Masterpiece Cakeshop decision is not a win for religious liberty in America. Continue Reading »
No Victory for
by Darel E. PaulRights in Common
by Matthew D. WrightThe 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 »
Letters
by VariousPROTESTANT 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 »
The Zealous Faith of Secularism
by Mary EberstadtBegin 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 »
A Harvest of Witnesses
by William MummaThe fight for religious liberty is the age-old contest between the King and the Church, between Caesar and the Truth. Continue Reading »
Rousseau, Sanders, and the Religious Test
by David T. KoyzisEarlier this month, Sanders appeared not to understand that there is no justice where religious liberty lacks protection. Continue Reading »
Interreligious Dialogue with Edge and Purpose
by George WeigelWhat 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 »
A Note on the Kentucky Decision
by Mark BauerleinThe 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 »
Don’t Celebrate Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order
by Mark MovsesianOn religious accommodation, the order does pretty little. But it hints at an unwelcome change in American tradition that conservatives should resist. Continue Reading »
Kink is Not Conscience
by Samuel D. JamesTrying 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 »
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