In its annual survey, “Minority Religious Communities At Risk,” the First Freedom Center of Virginia observed intensified contention over the…
Religious freedom and multiculturalism: Canadian contentions
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Engaging whose religion?
In late July, The Immanent Frame published a set of reflections on the Department of State's plans for a new…
Department of State launches Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives
Following on talk of earlier plans to create a new "office of religious engagement," the Department of State has formally launched…
Emergent feminism among Orthodox Jewish women in Israel
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Dahlia Lithwick write at The New Republic write about the struggles of an emergent form of…
Engaging religion at the Department of State
This past week, the US Department of State announced the creation of a new office that “will focus on engagement with…
Religious freedom and the Constitution
Dennis J. Goldford was recently interviewed by Religion Dispatches Magazine about his new book The Constitution of Religious Freedom: God, Politics,…
The Future of Religious Freedom
In The Future of Religious Freedom, editor Allen D. Hertzke assembles a diverse team of international scholars to not only…
Traditional, African, religious, freedom?
I have been observing and analyzing religious trends in various parts of sub-Saharan Africa for several decades, with a particular…
Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration
In Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration, editors Anna C. Korteweg and Jennifer A. Selby gather a…
On the freedom of the concepts of religion and belief
This short piece attempts to come at the current debate on law and religious freedom from two unusual angles. I…