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Race and the Meaning of Religious Liberty 0
- January/February 2022
- January 1, 2022
Illustration by Robert Hunt For Black Americans, traditional narratives around religious freedom are complicated by both historical and present realities. Is there a path toward a shared understanding? Race. Just mentioning the word makes us uncomfortable. Race is the proverbial “elephant in the room” for many in their daily lives—that ever-present reality that most prefer
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Neither Liberal nor Conservative but American 0
- November/December 2021
- November 1, 2021
After more than two decades at the forefront of U.S. international religious freedom efforts, a former State Department special advisor for religious minorities makes the case for leaving partisan politics at the water’s edge. Religious freedom matters. Consequently, it is a hotly contested issue within the United States. But if the stakes are high domestically,
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Finding Common Cause 0
- November/December 2021
- November 1, 2021
Asma T. Uddin is an internationally renowned American-Muslim scholar, author, constitutional lawyer, and religious freedom advocate. As a lawyer, she has defended the religious freedom rights of Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Native Americans, and Jews. But with her 2019 book, When Islam Is Not a Religion, Ms. Uddin opened a national conversation about Christian perceptions
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Religious Propaganda and the Making of An American Religion 0
- November/December 2021
- November 1, 2021
The United States has been a deeply religious nation since its earliest beginnings,” President Harry S. Truman ardently declared as he opened his 15-minute address. It was the evening of October 30, 1949, and Truman delivered a major speech live on all four major television and radio networks. “The need which the founders of our
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