Neither Liberal nor Conservative but American
- November/December 2021
- November 1, 2021
They make an unlikely duo. A teenage “hijabi athlete” who is a devout Muslim with a passion for running. And an Ohio state senator, a self-described “hockey mom,” intent on making sure all student athletes, regardless of their faith tradition, enjoy equal religious freedom rights. Together they’re helping reshape how religious expression in sports is
READ MOREHistory is replete with stories of public policy gone awry. One common tale—which is probably apocryphal—is from nineteenth-century India. According to this story, British authorities in Delhi were alarmed at the number of dangerous cobras in the city and offered residents a bounty for every dead snake they could produce. What officials hadn’t counted on,
READ MOREDoes state support for Christianity help the church flourish? Or hasten its decline? Illustration by Jon Krause Thirty years ago the people of Zambia elected Frederick Chiluba, an evangelical Christian, to be the country’s new president. Chiluba strongly believed in the integration of faith and politics, declaring in his first presidential address that Zambia would
READ MORECan we protect both public health and freedom of religious conscience when it comes to vaccine mandates? We’re almost two years into the pandemic caused by COVID-19, and among the many still-contested questions is how businesses and organizations can best protect both their employees and their communities.Vaccine mandates are still generating pushback and vaccine hesitancy
READ MOREAfter 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,
READ MOREThe 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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