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- February 6, 2015
Why is there still a gaping hole in antidiscrimination protections for religious employees? In 1964 the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, sweeping civil rights legislation still considered to be one of the most significant legislative achievements in American history. While lawmakers’ primary motivator was the nation’s fight against racial inequality, the Civil
READ MORERobert Louis Wilken, Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Liberty (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2019). Do the modern foundations of religious liberty owe more to early Christianity than to Enlightenment thinking? In his ambitious book, historian Robert Louis Wilken seeks to reveal the role that Christianity has played in the development
READ MOREBeyond Transformation and Isolation How should Christians respond to the spate of terrible events that have shaken American society to its core over the past two years: the Capitol insurrection, multiple police killings of African Americans, sky-high inflation, escalating gun violence, the increasing boldness of White supremacists, political upheaval, a global pandemic, and deeply rooted
READ MOREFor decades religious minorities in America battled state-level Sunday rest laws. Today, are there moves afoot to dust off this old concept of synchronized rest? If there was any benefit at all to the COVID-19 shutdowns, it was that the world took a much-needed break. Offices, stores, sports, restaurants, and even churches deemed “unnecessary” closed
READ MOREInterview with Brian Grim Some of America’s top companies have begun to welcome faith into the workplace as part of their overall diversity initiatives. Intel, Alphabet, Tyson Foods, American Airlines, and Texas Instruments are just a few of the international corporations that have created programs in recent years encouraging employees to “bring your whole self,
READ MOREWhen it comes to free exercise and establishment clause doctrine, has the Court delivered a triumph or a tragedy? Illustrations by Jon Krause Examining recent cases and doctrinal developments interpreting the free exercise clause and the establishment clause of the First Amendment reminds me of two lines from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Macbeth himself states in the
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