New Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee Peter Manseau observes that both the Obama and Romney campaigns describe religious…
Peter Manseau on religion as America’s “first freedom”
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Elizabeth Hurd on reimagining religious freedom as resistance
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, co-Guest Editor of the TIF discussion series The politics of religious freedom, reflects on the sometimes paradoxical…
Which Model, Whose Liberty?
On October 11, 2012, the Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs and the International…
Religious freedom as a binding practice of suspicion
I would like to begin with a famous case in Egypt that, though over a decade and a half old,…
Freedom without religious freedom?
Recently on Big Questions Online (BQO), Thomas Farr puts forth and analyzes the question, "Is religious freedom necessary for other…
Politics of religious freedom in South Africa
Unlike Europe and North America, the discussions in South Africa relating to religious freedom do not center on the extent…
Martha Nussbaum on religion, tolerance, and feminism
Recently, David Johnson, Web Editor at the Boston Review, interviewed Martha Nussbaum and discussed her new publication, The New Religious…
Social eugenics, unintended consequences, and dropped balls
These essays provoked me in a number of ways, especially with their combined penchant for probing raw nerves. Indeed, I…
Is religion free?
To this stimulating and learned series of posts I cannot add much about the genealogy of religious freedom or its…
Intolerance in Indonesia
Last week at The New York Times, human rights advocate Benedict Rogers wrote an op-ed piece on the state of religious relations in…