On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the Religious Freedom Project hosted a keynote debate at Georgetown University on the question of…
What’s so special about religious freedom?
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Catholic bishops take aim at White House
On Monday, November 14th, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) met in Baltimore to begin day 1 of its national meeting…
Politics of Faith—The Role of Religion in Divided Societies
America Abroad, the award-winning documentary radio program, has released a new documentary, "The Politics of Faith---The Role of Religion in…
Secularism, belief, and truth
I want to argue that one of the deep reasons for the commonality between religion and the secular is not…
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…
The impossibility of (international) religious freedom
Religion blogger Doughlas Remy presents his reading of Winnifred Sullivan’s The Impossibility of Religious Freedom in relation to the politics…
A discussion on religious freedom, Islam, and American Muslims
On September 15, New York University will hold a discussion on "religious freedom, possibilities for reform in Islam, and the…
Islam: still a religion in Tennessee
A Tennessee judge has upheld his earlier decision allowing the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro to build a new mosque and…
Religious freedom in the EU
This July 11-12, a small interdisciplinary group scholars convened in Venice for the first in a series of workshops organized…
Religious liberty, minorities, and Islam: An interview with Saba Mahmood
Saba Mahmood is an anthropologist who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, and whose work raises challenging questions about…