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    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
      Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
  • Politics/Law
    • Setting a Low Bar: Religious Entities Praised for Treating Covid Religious Exemptions Responsibly
      Setting a Low Bar: Religious Entities Praised for Treating Covid Religious Exemptions Responsibly
    • Could This Supreme Court Undo Marriage Equality?
      Could This Supreme Court Undo Marriage Equality?
    • Pew Finds Trump-Era Increase in the ‘Evangelical’ Label — And Yes, They’re ‘Real’ Evangelicals
      Pew Finds Trump-Era Increase in the ‘Evangelical’ Label — And Yes, They’re ‘Real’ Evangelicals
  • Religious Liberty
    • As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
      As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
    • UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
      UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
    • Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
      Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Could This Supreme Court Undo Marriage Equality?
      Could This Supreme Court Undo Marriage Equality?
    • Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
      Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
  • New Books
    • The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
      The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
    • A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture
      A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is associate professor of politics at Northwestern University. She is the author of Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion, published by Princeton in 2015.

Archive, Politics/LawApril 27, 2016

Countering the “Countering Violent Extremism” Program

By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

“P2P: Challenging Extremism” is a new State Department-sponsored program that enlists American college students to…

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OMFG, RD BlogNovember 12, 2014

Response to Daniel Philpott: the Politics of Religious Freedom

By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

I would like to respond to Daniel Philpott’s reaction to my piece on the politics…

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Archive, Politics/Law, StoriesNovember 10, 2014

International “Religious Freedom” Agenda Will Only Embolden ISIS

By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

International religious freedom has become the civilizing discourse of our time.

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawJune 19, 2009

Jewish State, Islamic State: All States are Religious

By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

All nations contribute to the management and definition of religion so it’s neither necessary, nor possible, to identify any state as definitively “religious” or “secular.” To choose is largely political.

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawJune 11, 2009

Faith, Politics, and Fruitcakes

By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Was Obama’s interpretation of the proper relationship of faith to the Constitution really a “fruitcake” position as Dr. James Dobson called it?

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