Did the Church Create or Co-Opt Human Rights?
After Ireland made history in May 2015 by becoming the first country to legalize same-sex…
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How Can You Exclude The NAACP and Liberal Protestants from Human Rights History?
No, we can’t simply thank anti-communist, anti-Enlightenment Catholics for the elevation of human rights language.
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Would We Have No Commitment to Equality Without Christianity?
Readers of my last post, and readers of English more generally, could be forgiven for…
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Do We Owe Human Rights to the Christian Right?
Historian Samuel Moyn argues that the history of “human rights” begins only in the twentieth century—and it may owe more to Christianity than to secular ideals.
Read MoreReligious Freedom is Impossible… Compared to What?
If harm to others is cultural chauvinism, sign me up.
Read MoreThe Rotten Core at the Heart of Religious Freedom Laws
My previous post on corporate personhood ended by asking for a principled reason why we…
Read MoreCorporate Personhood Was a Radical Notion… In the 11th Century
According to one common reaction to Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Court set a precedent…
Read MoreIs “Religious Freedom” Impossible After Hobby Lobby?
Last week the Supreme Court succeeded in deciding a case that it said was too…
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At the UN, Conservative Christian Agenda Cloaked in Human Rights Language
U.S. conservatives join forces with authoritarian regimes at the UN to resist LGBTQ rights
Read MoreFirst They Came for the Brotherhood . . . Egyptian Gov Seeks to Criminalize NGOs
Having banned the Muslim Brotherhood and exercised increased control of religious activities at mosques, the military-led regime…
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