The Birth of Religious Liberty
Nathaniel Peters, Plough How America's founding generation won the right to free exercise of religion.
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Nathaniel Peters, Plough How America's founding generation won the right to free exercise of religion.
A 17th-century Maryland law that extended religious tolerance for some faiths is seen as a precursor to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
NYT The robust, if perpetually contested, religious freedom that Americans enjoy today is one of the most important legacies of our founding. Thomas Jefferson and other revolution...
Government commissions come and go. Most deliver their reports to polite applause and prompt obscurity. But the Religious Liberty Commission that recently presented its draft repor...
With few exceptions, Baptists across the colonies, especially those who had experienced persecution, supported the American Revolution. Reasons included persecution, other grievanc...
For 2,000 years, Christians have worshiped God and followed Christ in an extraordinary variety of political circumstances. They have lived under Caesars and kings, republics and pa...
J. DeRose, NPR Religious liberty was one of the founding pursuits of America. Rhode Island was founded on the idea that the intermingling of religion and government damages both c...
Jordan J. Ballor, WORLD As we continue to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, today marks yet another milestone. The fifth edition of the Religious...
Baptists in the southern colonies experienced explosive growth during the First Great Awakening. They also began to experience increased persecution from the Anglican (state) Churc...
NCR As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence, old questions have returned about who belongs and whose religious practices are truly protected in the...
Religious freedom is a radical invention that allows all Americans to believe or not believe as they choose, but on the condition that others are not harmed, said Rachel Laser, pre...
Why was the persecution of Baptists more intense in Virginia than other colonies? How did that persecution lead to religious liberty in America? The post Baptists and the struggle...
As people spent the Fourth of July holiday with friends, family and local community, the United States continues to experience a slide away from universal religious liberty and a s...
Matthew Kolb, Baptist News As people spent the Fourth of July holiday with friends, family and local community, the United States continues to experience a slide away from univers...
CWReport Even before the founding of the United States, America was known as a land of liberty, particularly for religious minorities fleeing persecution. This included Catholics,...
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence, old questions have returned about who belongs and whose religious practices are truly protected in the country...
The Close Linkage Between The Freedom Of Speech And Religious LibertyHarbinger's DailyImagine the government made it a crime to say “Merry Christmas” on public streets, but people...
A significant degree of freedom is necessary for an unpopular religion to be able to flourish. In a world of official state religions and frequent religious bigotry, it is a wonder...
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Providence Religious tolerance is good not only for ethical reasons, but also because it enables multiconfessional armies to function effectively, as with Irish Catholics and Pres...
The letter from Rob Baur (“Keep religion out of government,” Our Readers’ Views, June 13) was good but his statement and the headline were wrong. People bring their beliefs/faiths...
The Trump administration is considering a series of recommendations aimed at expanding protections for religious expression in public life — an effort led by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Pat...
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