Civil Liberties
Essay
For American Muslims, Everything Did Not Change After 9/11
“Everything changed after 9/11.” This political mantra has become part of our national life. It is invoked to explain war-making in foreign lands, the creation …
By Edward E. Curtis IV
Report
Why Do Mormons Love the Fourth of July So Much?
Tonight, one of the nation’s biggest Fourth of July celebrations will take place in Provo, Utah, in front of 50,000 people at Brigham Young University’s …
By Benjamin E. Park
Essay
Fortnight for Freedom: Whose Religious Liberty?
When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops kicked off their “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign almost two weeks ago, they chose an auspicious feast day to …
By Jessica Coblentz
Review
When the Court Took on Prayer and the Bible in Public Schools
The Bible, the School, and the Constitution: The Clash That Shaped Modern Church-State Doctrine By Steven K. Green Oxford University Press, 2012 Today marks the 50th anniversary …
By Michael D. Waggoner
Report
The Changing Face of the Southern Baptist Convention
The Rev. Fred Luter held up his Bible and stomped his feet. It was Monday evening, and he stood on the stage of the convention …
By Ingrid Norton
Report
The Plight of Pagans in the Military
Stefani Barner likes to say she is married to the military. She lives in Eastpointe, Michigan, 10 miles from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, where …
By Jennifer Willis
The States Project
California: A Dreamer Walks With Cesar Chavez
A Dreamer Walks With Cesar Chavez.
By Luis D. León
Excerpt
The Myth of the Black Church
My earliest ideas about African American religion and political struggle come from my first public memories as a child of the South of the late 1950s and 1960s.
By Barbara Dianne Savage
The States Project
Wisconsin: A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election
A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election.
By Christopher B. Chapp
The Table
Let’s Remember History, When Religious Institutions Welcomed Government Support
It is commonplace to complain about government mismanagement of welfare and social reform, and to speak wistfully of days when religious institutions did much better. …
By Alison Collis Greene