This essay with four responses from Mosaic examines several trends and issues in the current factional disputes over religious liberty in the courts, the schools, and the secularized culture of America.
Symposium: Trinity Lutheran v. Pauley
“American Culture on Appeal” symposium series: This is an ADF two-panel conversation, including Q&A, examining the implications of Trinity Lutheran and treatment of religious freedom and conscience rights by our nation’s highest court. Check this link and their site for details and follow-up posts on the contents.
Civil Rights and Religious Liberty: Peaceful Co-existence?
Even the Government’s Smartest Lawyers Can’t Figure Out Religious Liberty — From the Atlantic: It took the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights three years to produce its report on religious freedom and non-discrimination. With 27 pages, more than 1000 days of work, and 200-some additional pages of commentary, the document essentially amounts to this–legal scholars […]
The Economy and the Religion Sector
What’s U.S. Religion Worth? $1.2 Trillion, Says one Demographer: This article can help students realize the scope and ripple effect of religion throughout culture and society. Religion is big bucks according to a new comprehensive study. Comparatively, religion is the 15th largest national economy in the world, ahead of 180 other countries in terms of value, and […]
