…vindicate conservative critics who have been decrying “the religion of secularism” over the last half century and more. Especially since the Supreme Court decisions of the early 1960s forbidding state-mandated prayer…
“Politics and Heresies of Spatial Publics of Sufi Shrines in Contemporary Sri Lanka” by M. Shobhana Xavier
…claimed by a local Muslim group that was connected to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Sufi organizations, such as Supreme Council of Sufi Thareeqas in Sri Lanka, began…
“Harold J. Berman on the Revitalization of Criminal Law and Religion” by Peter Wosnik
…these signs of growing secularism is the Supreme Court’s more sanguine approach to religion and religious free exercise cases, not least due to the recent appointments justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and…
“Guiding Christians to the Best Conciliation Process and Preparing Them to Participate Well in It” by Candace McCune
…in It” Candace McCune What is conciliation? And, more specifically, what is Christian conciliation? As an attorney and Christian conciliator, I work with Christians so that scripture is the supreme…
“Hiding in Plain Sight: Christian Nationalism’s Threat to Faith Freedom for All” by Jennifer Hawks
…references to God or a supreme being. The federal Constitution also broke with the tradition of religious tests contained in many of the colonial charters and state constitutions when it…
“Introduction to the 200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands Series” by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra L. Bigtree, and Adam DJ Brett
…interested in myths, history, and creation narratives. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Johnson v. M’Intosh (1823) includes all these elements. The Johnson decision illustrates one of the powerful…
“Politics vs. Religion?: The Case of Nicaragua” by Teresa Flores
…the Loss of Nicaraguan Nationality. Both laws create a legal framework to sanction those actions considered harmful to the supreme interests of the nation, turning those who undertake them into…
“Freedom of Thought and Conscience and the Challenges of AI” by Andrea Pin
…U.S. Supreme Court “has never said exactly what [freedom of thought] is.” After all, protecting the freedom of conscience means protecting the fabric of human civilization — something that is…
“‘Luminous and Obscure’: Into the Depths of Constitutional Meaning” by Perry Dane
…the United States Supreme Court. His research and teaching interests include constitutional law and theory, comparative constitutionalism, jurisdiction, religion and the law, legal pluralism, the jurisprudence of Jewish law, conflict of laws, the debate…
“God & Country: A Look at White Christian Nationalism that Both Enlightens and Disappoints” by David Little
…segregation in the name of “Christian values,” holding that federal anti-discrimination policy was also anti-Christian. The anti-Christian part was reinforced by Supreme Court rulings in the early 60s, eliminating prayer…