When Shrugging is Not an Option
- May/June 2025
- April 30, 2025
Nothing so defines the modern capital of the Dominican Republic as the Columbus monument, which dominates a hill just above Santo Domingo. Its soaring concrete facade—which evokes a massive ship bearing down on the land—contains more than the supposed bones of Christopher Columbus. It could just as easily be bearing the memories of religious zeal
READ MOREI am writing this editorial while on vacation in France. More specifically it was written in the guest room of the chateau my wife discovered on the Internet. The pictures posted there did not do it half the justice that reality confers. I am sitting under a high arched ceiling and looking out over computer
READ MOREThis article is Part Four in a four part series. Click here for Part One, here for Part Two, and here for Part Three. Religious diversity and thus the very concept of religious freedom in the modern United States both derive from the English Reformation, thanks to the English colonization of North America. However,
READ MOREWhat image do you put on the cover of a magazine like Liberty? We do put a lot of thought into what article to feature and what artist to assign the illustration to. Sometimes we aim to startle you a bit. Other times we want the image to resonate with some current issue. And sometimes
READ MOREOn Thursday, March 26, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations passed early in the afternoon the Resolution on Defamation of Religion. There were 23 yes votes, 11 no votes, and 13 abstentions.1 Americans who attend the council are surprised to see the marginal role their country plays in the council. The United
READ MOREDuring his visit to America in April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI esteemed the model of American church-state relations as a potential schema to follow in Europe.1 He noted that by disallowing state control over religion, religious groups have greater liberty to achieve their spiritual missions. Interestingly, the same train of thought regarding an American model
READ MOREA forced faith is no faith at all: for the freedom to believe entails the freedom to doubt. Such is one of the unspoken though no less important lessons implicit in Steven Goldberg’s Bleached Faith: The Tragic Cost When Religion Is Forced Into the Public Square. His is a timely primer on the significance of
READ MOREThis article is Part Three in a four part series. Click here for Part One, here for Part Two, and here for Part Four. Religious diversity and the very concept of religious liberty in the modern United States both ultimately derive from the English Reformation, which ultimately resulted in a fragmented English Christianity that
READ MORECanada prides itself on being a tolerant, multicultural society. Or, as stated in the opening paragraphs of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Bruker v. Marcovit: &”Canada rightly prides itself on its evolutionary tolerance for diversity and pluralism. This journey has included a growing appreciation for multiculturalism, including the recognition that ethnic, religious or
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