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  • Religious Freedom in the Execution Chamber0

    Studying sacred texts, attending weekly services, praying with fellow believers, and receiving advice from faith leaders are commonplace in the United States as people practice their religion freely. Though lawyers and judges debate the precise meaning of our laws, few question that our country prizes religious freedom or that religious activities are welcome. Religion thrives

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  • Reflections on a Free Exercise Renaissance0

    Today’s national conversation around religious free exercise is radically different in both character and scope from that of three decades ago. What has changed, and why? A former special counsel for religious discrimination in the U.S. Department of Justice provides a front-seat perspective on 35 years of transformation. When I was a law student in

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  • Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee0

    In July 1798 President John Adams was making his way with great pomp and ceremony from the then capital, Philadelphia, to his summer retreat in Massachusetts. As his carriage passed through the town of Newark, New Jersey, the president was welcomed with speeches, a parade, and a ceremonial 16-cannon salute.  Luther Baldwin, a skipper of

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  • Built on Faith: The Bible and the American Republic0

    INTERVIEW A new museum in the birthplace of American democracy highlights a neglected history It’s a high-tech, $60 million, twenty-first-century museum devoted to values extracted from an ancient book. The American Bible Society’s Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened in May 2021 and sits in the middle of America’s “most historic square

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  • A Social Dilemma0

    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 Battle Never Won0

    Book Review: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, by Jacob Mchangama. New York: Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2022. It is axiomatic that an idea established by silencing every voice of opposition is inevitably on the wrong side of history. In his book Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media author

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  • The Looming Harm of “Do No Harm”0

    Illustration by Mary Haasdyk It has been a little more than 28 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law.1 An iconic photograph of the signing ceremony shows President Clinton surrounded by RFRA’s smiling supporters: then New York Democratic Representative and now Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer; California Democratic

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  • The Battle to Save Oak Flat0

    Where do you commune with God? For the San Carlos Apache and some other Western tribes, the answer is Oak Flat, currently part of Tonto National Forest in southeast Arizona. For centuries they have used Oak Flat for religious rituals, cultural ceremonies, burial grounds, and as a place to find medicinal plants, food, and water.

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  • Race and the Meaning of Religious Liberty0

     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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