The measles outbreak originating in Disneyland in California—which was finally declared over last month after 169 cases in the U.S.—thrust…
5 questions (and answers) about religious exemptions for vaccines
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Religious freedom at Religion Dispatches
As part of a joint project between The Immanent Frame and Religion Dispatches, RD contributing editor Austin Dacey has written a series of…
CFP: Freedom of (and from) Religion
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara, with support from the Cordano Endowment in Catholic Studies,…
The privilege of spirit: The liberal concern with religious liberty claims
A few blocks from my apartment, a neighbor has displayed a placard proclaiming “Defend Religious Liberty.” These words could encompass…
The zero effect doctrine
In the wake of last summer’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College v. Burwell decisions, many wondered how corporations…
Hobby Lobby and the question for religious freedom
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan is arguably the premier scholar of law and religion in the United States. She brings to the…
The Supreme Court’s faith in belief
This summer, the Supreme Court was once again at the center of the American culture wars. The media and many…
The impossibility of religious freedom
In the last week the US Supreme Court has acted in two religious freedom cases (Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and…
The specific order of difficulty of religion
In a recent essay on equality and citizenship in a multi-religious Sudan, Noah Salomon describes a commitment among development experts to…
The Charter of Quebec Values derailed
On April 7th the Quebec Liberal Party won a majority government in the 41st Quebec general election, with incumbent Parti…