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A State of Exception 0
- May/June 2007
- May 1, 2007
The Guantánamo Bay detention centre, set up in January of 2002 at the U.S. naval base in southeast Cuba, has recently seen its fifth anniversary. Established by the U.S. government as an urgent response to terrorism, the detention centre has given rise to allegations of indecent treatment of inmates, religious discrimination, and indeed, torture. Common
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A Social Dilemma 0
- March/April 2022
- March 1, 2022
One morning a few months ago I scrolled through my Facebook feed and came across a post by a good friend regarding the origin of the COVID-19 virus. It was not a politically charged post, but a scholarly article on the virus, its purported connection to China, and the pandemic that has held the world
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A Small Gap 0
- July/August 2021
- July 1, 2021
A little more than 22 years ago I sat down in a new office, at a new desk, and pondered what to do next. On the desktop were just a few items that tied me to this new reality. There was a cake-top decoration in the style of the Statue of Liberty, left over from
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A Sermon on Unity Divides 0
- May/June 2025
- April 30, 2025
Was it a call to greater national harmony? Or partisan meddling? “Elected theologians” weighed in. The American colonies pursued separation from England in the interest of liberty. Our nation’s Constitution creates space for liberty to flourish, and our Bill of Rights places religious liberty at the very top of the 10 amendments. From the time
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 0
- May/June 2012
- May 1, 2012
Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Widmar v. Vincent,1 holding that the free speech clause protects citizens’ religious speech, including religious worship. Such an unremarkable proposition should have been greeted by good-natured agreement that free speech and religious liberty principles—indeed, pluralism itself—require nothing less than full protection for citizens’ religious
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A Separationist Silver Lining 0
- November/December 2002
- November 1, 2002
Illustration By Ralph Butler A week before the Supreme Court's ruling in the Cleveland voucher case, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002), I was coleading a seminar on religious liberty. My friend and fellow instructor told the group that if the Court upheld tuition vouchers for private religious schools, the establishment clause of the First Amendment would
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