Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Common Enemy, A Common Cause
On June 24, 1992 the Supreme Court handed down Lee v. Weisman, a decision that declares officially…
Statement on Church and State
June 17, 1948 Recent decisions of the Supreme Court have extended the meaning of the constitutional prohibition…
Why Pluralism Needs Monism
“Vatican II,” George Weigel writes in Freedom and Its Discontents, “posed a basic challenge to the many…
Evangelicals and Economic Development
Earlier this year I was in charge of “debriefing” a small group of evangelical college students who…
The Pope, the Emperor, and the First Amendment
Every year during the winter quarter my yearlong course in the history of Christianity reaches the eleventh-century…
Abortion and Political Compromise
Roe v. Wade is clearly in for substantial pruning—possibly even an outright overruling—in the near future. Thus…
Church-State Conundrums
Original Intent: Chief Justice Rehnquist and the Course of American Church/State Relations by derek davis prometheus books,…
What Americans Really Think About Abortion
At the foundation of any democratic society is the principle that the laws that order our lives…
Editorial: The Corruption of the Would-Be First Estate
The fourth estate now considers itself to be the first estate, and not without reason. In public…
Suya Wars
Most Americans believe, when they think of the issue at all, that our disputes over the role…
Academic Religion: Playground of the Vandals
“When you say ‘hill,’” the Queen interrupted, “I could show you hills, in comparison with which you’d…
Natural Law and the Law: An Exchange
The March issue of First Things featured an essay by Robert H. Bork, “Natural Law and the…
How To Restore Religious Freedom: A Debate
The March issue of First Things included a Declaration in support of the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration…
God and the Economists
Reaching for Heaven on Earth: The Theological Meaning of Economics by Robert H. Nelson Rowman and Littlefield,…
The Church as Interest Group, Once More
In the January issue, this section carried a commentary titled “The Catholic Church as Interest Group.” Among…
