It is rare to find in a single work a carefully documented intellectual history of Islam as well as a cri de coeur for contemporary reforms—or at least it is rare to find both tasks done
Those of us who have a reached a certain age remember the time when a popular cliché declared the “end of ideology.” The idea was first formulated in 1960 in a book of the same title by
Today’s cries for justice come highly stylized. People don’t want “justice, and only justice,” the justice of Deuteronomy 16:20. No, they want justice plus. They want social justice, racial
As anyone who has spent time in the world of ideas knows, the word ideology is ubiquitous. For some people, it’s simply shorthand or a synonym for their political philosophical beliefs. When
Religion forms culture, and culture dictates laws. A core element of culture is its understanding of the human person and of marriage, sexuality, and the family. In the post-Christian era
It’s difficult to know who to trust these days. We are bombarded with competing claims, perspectives, and information, and at such a rapid pace, it almost induces vertigo. MIT professor
Saint John Paul II famously said that the problem with pornography “is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.” The pornographer, in presenting a woman
Just over 100 days into President Joe Biden’s administration, whatever hopes we held out that he would govern as a moderate are gone. The president seems determined to transform American
More and more, Americans are becoming cognizant of something called critical race theory and the growing role it is playing in their lives now that the Biden-Harris administration has
President Joe Biden has kicked off his administration by confidently calling for another four years of wasteful and harmful spending. Unfortunately, the Biden-Harris administration’s fiscal
While political fortunes ebb and flow, our destiny remains in our own hands. That balanced approach to the newly installed Biden-Harris administration guides this issue of Religion & Liberty
Serious proposals to fundamentally change the governance of these United States, made by unserious yet politically powerful people, are made with ever-increasing frequency: statehood for the