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  • A Sermon on Unity Divides0

    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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  • Case in Point May/June 20250

    Will America Abandon Its Leadership on International Religious Freedom? America’s global efforts to protect religious rights and counter authoritarian disinformation could be undermined by recent federal cuts to USAID and the closure of U.S.-funded media outlets, according to the 2025 annual report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Commission chair Stephen Schneck

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  • Meaning and Peace: The Story of Stanford’s Religious Liberty Clinic0

    Law students help pioneer a renewed understanding of religious liberty for polarized times. In January 2013, we launched at Stanford Law School our nation’s then-only Religious Liberty Clinic. A law school clinic is an academic program in which students learn the practice and profession of law through faculty-supervised legal representation of clients in the field.

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  • Religious Liberty and the Golden Rule0

    Navigating truth, pluralism, and compromise within the grand American experiment. How should a Christian respond to diversity within a world of growing ideological rifts, as disagreements multiply on questions of politics, religion, philosophy, and many other areas of human thought? For me, this is not just an abstract question—it’s personal. I was raised in a

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  • A Win for (Religious) Free Speech?0

    One person’s “content moderation” is another’s “censorship.” Given social media’s tortuous free speech history, what does Meta’s latest policy change mean for religious expression online? Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Meta, released a video on social media announcing massive shifts in how the company will deal with speech on its suite

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  • A Canary-in-the-Coal-Mine Moment0

    An interview with David French The first months of the new presidential administration have brought an unrelenting stream of headlines—many touching on issues of constitutional law, the role of the judiciary, and the nature of presidential executive authority. For some perspective on recent events, Liberty editor Bettina Krause spoke with David French, an attorney turned

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