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A Lament for Christianity’s Political Turn 0
- March/April 2024
- March 1, 2024
Tim Alberta’s new book takes an inside look at the struggle for the soul of American evangelicalism. Picture this. A pastor finishes his sermon, offers a closing benediction, then closes his Bible. He has just preached a moving homily on the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew—a cornerstone teaching
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The Real Problem With ”Project 2025”0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
The 2025 Presidential Transition Project has caused quite a stir since it was made public last April. This 887-page document stands apart from other position papers routinely churned out by Washington think tanks and advocacy groups. For a start, there’s the sheer size of the coalition that stands behind it: more than 80 conservative organizations,
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An Unlikely Alignment 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
What could “interest convergence theory” mean for the religious liberty rights of Muslims and Christians? Illustrations by Michael Glenwood In December 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court in Tanzin v. Tanvir ruled unanimously in favor of three Muslim men who say they were placed on the no-fly list by FBI agents in retaliation for their refusal
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General Orders No. 11 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
General Orders No. 11 “The Jews, as a class . . . are hereby expelled.” It’s a case of history being, typically, historical. A time of crisis, even war. Economic uncertainty making matters worse, threatening perhaps the fate of the nation. People needing to blame someone smaller, weaker, and unable to defend themselves. Like the
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Untying the Religious Liberty Knot 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
An interview with author and professor Thomas C. Berg Not too long ago, religious liberty was a cherished, bipartisan constitutional value. Even as late as 1993, both sides of the political aisle in Congress rallied to pass, almost unanimously, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, giving a considerable boost to federal religious-liberty protection. Three decades later,
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Reckoning With the Reach of the Ministerial Exception 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
Does this legal doctrine give faith-based schools essential religious liberty protection? Or is it a tool for discrimination? Controversy continues over the extent to which officials in religiously affiliated schools can require their employees to comply with the teachings of their faiths, especially if employees have agreed to do so in the employment contracts they
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