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Just Liberty: Where Justice and Liberty Meet
The whole idea of religious freedom in America has taken a PR hit. For some, it’s a cover for bigotry or tool for Christian nationalists; for others it’s the last line of defense in a society that’s becoming hostile to traditional faith.
Is there a better way to think and talk about religious freedom in America that doesn’t buy into political extremes?
Join hosts Alan Reinach, executive director of the Church-State Council, who has been litigating religious liberty cases for nearly 40 years, and Bettina Krause, editor of Liberty Magazine, which has been at the forefront of religious liberty conversations since 1906. Together, they interview experts in law, politics, and faith, and tackle tough religious freedom questions, not just from the courts but also from culture.
Listen to Just Liberty for a fresh, balanced take on religious liberty and church-state issues.
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Canada and the United States share a border, but they approach religious freedom from markedly different legal and cultural starting points. We talk with Canadian attorney Kevin Boonstra about Quebec’s restrictions on religious symbols, Canada’s new Combatting Hate Act, and the difficult line between protecting vulnerable communities from hatred and preserving space for religious teaching and disagreement.
Show Notes
Bio: Kevin Boonstra—Kuhn LLP
Article: “The Gospel of Censorship”—Liberty magazine
Legislation: Canada’s Combatting Hate Act—Department of Justice Canada
Legislation: Bill C-9 legislative history—Parliament of Canada
Legislation: Quebec’s Act Respecting the Laicity of the State
What happens when Christianity becomes entangled with the pursuit of political power? Religious studies scholar Matthew D. Taylor discusses his new book, Defying Tyrants, and what the anti-authoritarian witness of Jesus can teach Christians navigating today’s political divisions.
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/e5oCuWqm_kA
Show Notes
Website: Matthew D. Taylor’s website
Book: Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists
Book: The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
Podcast: Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation podcast series
Article: "America's Spiritual Warriors," Liberty magazine.
Article: “From Warning to Witness: Why I Wrote Defying Tyrants”
Bio: Matthew D. Taylor—Georgetown University’s Berkley Center
What exactly did our colonial forebears have in mind when they forbade laws "respecting an establishment of religion"? And why have we been arguing about it ever since?
We take a tour through American history and Supreme Court jurisprudence with First Amendment scholar and author Charles Haynes.
Note: The interview in this episode was published on October 29, 2024. Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ymGL_BlidJQ .
Show Notes
Freedom Forum website: https://www.freedomforum.org
Background on the establishment clause: https://www.freedomforum.org/the-establishment-clause/
News story on recent Supreme Court establishment clause decisions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/07/17/supreme-court-church-state-religion-coach/
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Guest: Charles Haynes
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Christian nationalism has been in the media spotlight ever since the tumultuous events of January 6, 2021. But finding an agreed-upon definition for this phenomenon has proved elusive.
What are we really talking about when we call someone a Christian nationalist? And how accurate, really, is that "Christian" label?
Interview with Amanda Tyler, Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
Note: This interview originally aired on May 24, 2024. You can watch the original episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/zi9OyqvpKF4?si=8OGxa186P5DSlVeY
Show Notes
Baptist Joint Committee | Website
Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Website
Respecting Religion | Podcast
On paper, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is one of America's smallest protestant Christian denominations. Yet through the years, it's had a surprisingly outsized influence on the national discourse around religious freedom issues. How and why did this happen?
We unpack the fascinating and little-known history of Adventist advocacy with one of the church's foremost historians.
Note: This interview originally appeared in Episode 15, published on June 10, 2024. You can view the episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/-nWuwRtOtsI.
Show Notes
Short history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's religious freedom advocacy: https://www.religiousliberty.info/history
Liberty magazine, started by Seventh-day Adventists in 1906, is the world's oldest, continually published magazine of religious freedom: https://www.libertymagazine.org/
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