“Federal Theology as Political Theology” By Pablo Ava

Reading the Bible by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (US-PD). During the Protestant Reformation, the Herborn Academy was a Calvinist Reformed institution located in German territory, which was therefore Lutheran. It operated from 1584 until 1817. Herborn was the cradle of covenant theology, also known as federal theology. Due to its adherence to Calvinism, it was never officially

“Balancing Faith and Inclusion in the Federal Workplace” by Michael J. Broyde

Courtroom Bench Gavel by Patrick Feller (CC BY 2.0). A new memorandum from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), issued July 28, 2025, has put the spotlight on religious expression in federal workplaces. OPM Director Scott Kupor’s guidance explicitly affirms that federal employees “may seek to ‘persuade others of the correctness of their own

“Alignment to Nothing: AI and the Moral Power of the Silence to Be Human” by Kevin Lee

Monks in Majestic Bhaga Valley, India by Vyacheslav Argenberg © (CC BY 4.0). Breonna Taylor was an emergency room technician in Louisville, Kentucky. Her coworkers said she was calm under pressure, good with patients. She was twenty-six. On the night of March 12, 2020, after her shift, she fell asleep in her apartment watching a

“The Illusion of The Repugnant Client: Hindu Ethics in American Legal Practice” by Sai Santosh Kumar Kolluru

Hindu Temple in the United States via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). Every Hindu-American lawyer at some point in their career is called to justify their decision to represent certain clients: How can one represent a client they find morally “repugnant” while walking the path of dharma in pursuit of the ultimate goal of human

“Washington State and the Priest-Penitent Privilege Redux: The Federal Trial Court Injunction” by Charles J. Russo

View of the Vatican City Gardens by Patrik Kunec (CC BY-SA 4.0). My earlier column reviewed Washington’s recently passed Senate Bill 5375 that would have required Roman Catholic priests to violate their sacred duty to maintain the seal of confession by reporting those who committed the heinous act of child abuse to state authorities. Based

Biblical Demons in Modern Healthcare: The Book of Tobit and Health Policy by Nathan Perl, Devorah Shoenfeld, & Daniel Swartzman

The Healing of Tobit by Bernardo Strozzi (CC0 1.0). There is ongoing discourse about the relationship between patient agency and external factors in health outcomes. It can be difficult to identify the multifaceted variables that answer the question of why one person becomes ill and not another. While individual action does certainly play a role,

“Does Religious Peacekeeping Still Matter If It Doesn’t Produce Peace?” by Peter Henne

Russell Senate Office Building by Architect of the Capitol (US-PD). During his second term, President Barack Obama attempted to restart the Israel-Palestine peace process, following in the footsteps of every president since George H.W. Bush. Like other attempts, it fell apart quickly, much to the frustration of all. In April of 2014, then U.S. Secretary

“Reflections on Washington State’s Effort to Eliminate the Priest-Penitent Privilege” by Charles J. Russo

Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City via Wikimedia Commons (CC0-01). Washington’s controversial Senate Bill 5375, “An ACT Relating to the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect,” scheduled to go into effect on July 27, 2025, removes the legal protection for Roman Catholic priests under the seal of confession when dealing with mandatory sexual

“Mike Nichols, the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and the Catholic Legion of Decency” by Emily Turner

Photo of Mike Nichols at the National Film Society Convention by Alan Light (CC BY 2.0). In the fall of 1966, Hollywood studio magnate Jack Warner and a young first-time director, Mike Nichols, faced independent, but interlocking conundrums. The trouble centered on the film adaptation of Edward Albee’s award-winning play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?—the

“The Ethical Spirit of AI Constitutionalism” by M. Christian Green

ChatGPT Rendering of AI via Wikimedia Commons (PD). In the spring of 2024, the state of Louisiana faced a critical legal juncture. The newly elected Governor Jeff Landry had begun to speak of the need for a new Louisiana Constitution and to gesture toward the new constitution being drafted by the end of the regular