Mark Movsesian

As readers of this site know, the situation for Copts and other Christians in Egypt is  truly dire . On October 1, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations will hold a hearing on the situation. Speakers include . . . . Continue Reading »

This month, Ashgate releases Volume III of  Religion in the Public Space , part of its Library of Essays on Law and Religion series. The volume is edited by Silvio Ferrari (Milan) and Rinaldo Cristofori (Milan), and contains essays by, among others, Jürgen Habermas, Charles . . . . Continue Reading »

An update on the  California headscarf litigation  I discussed earlier this month. Abercrombie & Fitch has settled the lawsuit and agreed to allow Muslim employees to wear headscarves while on the job. A federal district court in California recently ruled that A&F’s refusal . . . . Continue Reading »

You can’t tell too much from one interview, of course, but the  interview Pope Francis gave an Italian Jesuit journal last month , and which was released last week, seems like a blockbuster. Everyone understands this. Progressive Catholics are elated. After long years in the wilderness, . . . . Continue Reading »

A  post  yesterday by my St. John’s colleague Marc DeGirolami about Augustine’s two cities—the earthly and heavenly—reminded me of something I read in  Peter Brown’s recent book  on wealth in ancient Rome. Brown argues that a decisive shift in the . . . . Continue Reading »

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”466”] Staff at Abercrombie & Fitch Store, London (BBC) [/caption] Here’s an interesting case that reveals much about the way American mass marketers view religion and “diversity.” This week, a . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama’s astonishing decision to reverse course and seek congressional authorization for military action in Syria has given Americans an opportunity to think about the situation a bit more. One important consideration is the fate of Syria’s Christians. This group, which numbers . . . . Continue Reading »

In a recent essay, “Tocqueville’s America and Ours,” University of St. Thomas Law Professor Robert Delahunty asks whether Christianity has served its purpose as a foundational political theory in America and may now be discarded: I do not know the answer and I do not mean to . . . . Continue Reading »

At the Center for Law and Religion Forum today, I interview the Hudson Institute’s Samuel Tadros about his new book,  Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity . In the interview, Tadros talks about the history of the Coptic Church, its important contributions to . . . . Continue Reading »

Donald Drakeman modestly describes himself as “a businessman with a doctorate in religion.” In fact, he is on the faculty at Cambridge and has written an important book on originalism and the Establishment Clause. In a recent essay, he discusses the continuing importance of the . . . . Continue Reading »