When the Supreme Court hears arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Colorado will defend antidiscrimination laws for the fourth time in 10 years.
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The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission argues that religious freedom is under attack and blames the ‘wall of separation’ between church and state.
The ‘Rededicate 250’ rally raised questions about separation of church and state. Jefferson and Madison’s many letters to each other shed light on that much-debated principle.
Debates about religion’s role in America often circle back to the country’s founding documents.
There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not even in medieval ‘Christendom.’
History shows that governments’ attempts to strengthen religious institutions can backfire.
An education law professor unpacks what the Supreme Court’s 4-4 order does and doesn’t say.
The Supreme Court’s order has blocked this particular charter school, but similar issues could emerge in future cases.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond on April 30, 2025.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Oklahoma school in April.
Religious checks on the state are a vital cog in the institutionalisation of moral politics in Kenya.
More than 2,000 letters between the two founders are available online. Many attest to their deep commitment to religious freedom.
In 1922, Oregon voters approved an initiative to require public school for most students ages 8-16 − but it didn’t hold up in court.
Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes its own approach.
Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.
The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Mozambique reject the violence of the insurgents and their quest for a caliphate.
Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
The war in Ukraine is just the latest chapter in a long, tangled relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University
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Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Faculty Lecturer in Political Science, McGill University
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John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education, University of Connecticut
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PhD Candidate (Theology and Religious Studies), King's College London
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Professor of Feminist and Security Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
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Professor of History and Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Moi University
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Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Law, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam