The recurring debate concerning government sponsored prayer must rank among the least edifying of public conversations, and that is regrettable because the issue of governments proper role in our lives is truly the issue of our time.
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Category Archives: Religious Liberty
Culture, Controversy and the Supreme Court
Europe’s religious conflicts were the background for America’s formation, so it shouldn’t be surprising that our national history has been substantially shaped by religious passions: broadly, as religiously-based concerns over social justice have…
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Publisher’s Note, Common Ground
This issue of Common Ground explores some of the myriad ways in which religion intersects with government and politics in America’s pluralistic culture. And intersect it certainly does–for good and arguably for ill…
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Ten commandments
I suppose it was only a matter of time until Indiana became embroiled in one of the more recent church-state controversies: the movement to post the Ten Commandments on the walls of courtrooms and government buildings throughout the country.
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Indiana, Bastian of Liberalism
It’s nice to be back in (comparatively) liberal Indiana. Yes, you read that right. Let me explain. For the last seventeen years, my husband and I have vacationed each July on a beach in South Carolina. The part of the state we visit is filled with tourists from elsewhere, so we rarely get a true taste of…
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