Can you reflect a bit on how you see the developments you chart against the history of American Christianity? Even…
Jurisdictions of the church
Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC
“The Church”
The last sentence of the Court’s opinion in Hosanna-Tabor announces the dogma that binds the majority opinion. Affirming for the…
Religious freedom defeats secular law
Secular law lost unanimously in the Supreme Court of the United States last week. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
What’s the supreme question in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC?
From its beginnings as an assemblage of mid-nineteenth century immigrants from Germany, formally organized in 1847, the LCMS has affirmed…
Are religious institutions entitled to disobey the law?
One recurring justification for the ministerial exception has been the “problem” of women priests. The specter of the Roman Catholic…
Going to law
Last week, in the first week of its October 2011 term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a suit…