July/August 2023

A Religious Freedom Wake-up Call 0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
Religious liberty is a long-standing American value. Yet this freedom to worship or act upon religious conscience without unnecessary interference by the government is also a principle taken for granted, misused, and underappreciated. There is growing concern that this trend will continue or worsen. The latest edition of the Religious Freedom Index shows that some
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Adventures in Christian Authoritarianism 0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
Book Review In his recent book, Common Good Constitutionalism (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2022), Harvard University law professor Adrian Vermuele lays out a provocative judicial philosophy. It’s an approach some call “bold” and “thought-provoking” and others simply describe as “dangerous.” Adrian Vermeule, the controversial professor of law at Harvard University, first described his judicial philosophy—common-good
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The Power of Conversation 0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
Ground zero for religious liberty conflict in America today is the ongoing clash between religious freedom rights and LGBT rights—in the courts, in the media, and in our social media feeds. For a growing number of Americans, “religious freedom” has become merely code for bigotry. From this perspective, those who seek religious exemptions from anti-discrimination
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Talking to people we disagree with is hard. We should do it anyway. Disagreement is nothing new. As long as there have been choices, there have been differences of opinion. While it has always been gratifying to engage with like-minded people, there seems to have been a fundamental shift in recent years: a reluctance, or

Thou Shalt Not Lie 0

The myth of the Ten Commandments Asked to name the Ten Commandments in a 2006 appearance on “The Colbert Report,” Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, co-sponsor of a bill that would have required the Ten Commandments to be displayed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, responded: “Ummmm. Don’t murder. Don’t lie. Don’t steal.

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods 0

Illustration by Michael Glenwood The battle to defend the Ten Commandments in America is real. We may be on the wrong battlefield. Some years ago I took a survey of my congregation. By a response of applause, I asked how much they agreed with the following statements: Our children should learn and live by the

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