Civil Liberties
Essay
Why Anti-Vaccination Movements Can Never Be Tamed
In Victorian England, nearly a century after the physician Edward Jenner had shown that exposure to the cowpox virus, or vaccinia, conferred immunity to smallpox, …
By Elizabeth YaleEssay
Hobby Lobby, Wheaton College, and a New Religious Order
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court handed down its much-awaited decision in Hobby Lobby, holding that closely held business corporations are “persons” endowed with religious …
By Sarah Barringer Gordon and Nomi StolzenbergEssay
The Good News According to Hobby Lobby
On June 30, the world did not end. For all the drama and hype that the Hobby Lobby case has generated, the Supreme Court decision …
By Anna SuExcerpt
A Sunday Spent with Jimmy Carter
Southwest Georgia is Baptist country. The back roads heading south out of Columbus are bracketed by red soil, scruffy pines, and clapboard buildings sporting names …
By Randall BalmerReview
“Orange Is the New Black” and the Difficulty of Portraying Prison Religion
This Friday, Netflix is going to drop 13 new episodes of “Orange Is the New Black” in our queues, and we’ll find out if Piper …
By Xarissa HoldawayEssay
Russia and the Crimean Tatars: The Burdens and Challenges of History
The Russian annexation of Crimea has raised a host of important questions about the fate of the diverse populations on the peninsula. Will Ukrainian-speakers be …
By Eric LohrReport
Moral Mondays Return to Raleigh
The Reverend William J. Barber, II, is only 50, but he walks with a limp and a cane, and he perpetually leans forward, as if …
By Michael SchulsonEssay
Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty: Another Chapter in the Story
On April 28, 2014, the United Church of Christ—joined by clergy from Lutheran, Baptist, Unitarian Universalist, and Jewish congregations—and six same-sex couples filed a lawsuit …
By Kent L. BrintnallReview
Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Juliane Hammer reviews Denise A. Spellberg’s new book, Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders.
By Juliane HammerInterview
The Establishment Clause: An Interview with Judge Guido Calabresi
On February 27, Judge Guido Calabresi visited Washington University in St. Louis to deliver the lecture, “What about the Establishment Clause?” The program was a …
By Marie Griffith