Religious Freedom

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• 2/28/2021
  

  A Ghost of Galileo in the English Civil War

  by John Heilbron

  An obscure English painting containing an image of Galileo's "Dialogues" launches a deep consideration of the political and intellectual stakes of free inquiry during the English Civil War.

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• 10/18/2020
  

  Does the "Divided Loyalty" Question Still Dog Catholic Politicians?

  by D.G. Hart

  Joe Biden will likely do what JFK and Al Smith did, namely, fit his faith into the norms of American politics.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/1/2020
  

  Religious Animus Did Not Drive The Laws The Supreme Court Just Overturned

  by Adam Laats

  Historical restrictions against "sectarian" use of tax dollars used the term broadly to encompass many religious doctrines. Claims that the laws were based in anti-Catholic bigotry are inaccurate. 

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• 2/2/20
  

  Why Thomas Jefferson Was Really No Friend of Religious Freedom

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Thomas Jefferson, because of the passage of his Bill for the Establishment of Religious Freedom, is customarily viewed by scholars as a paladin of religious freedom. Yet there is reason to question that view.

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• 9/22/19
  

  The Separation of Church and State is About Freedom For Religion not Freedom From Religion

  by Christopher Binetti

  History shows that the State is more of a threat to the Church than vice-versa.

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• 12-3-15
  

  Do GOP Candidates Want Religious Freedom or the Closing of Mosques?  They Can’t Have Both.

  by John Fea

  It’s time to stop the hypocrisy of pretending they can.