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RealClearPolitics has launched a new initiative, Religious Liberty Around the World, to highlight issues of freedom of faith and conscience around the world, ranging from persecution of religious mino...

Faith and Human Rights at the G20 Religion Forum in Indonesia

This is an edited version of remarks delivered on Nov. 3 in Bali, Indonesia, at the G20 Religion Forum, an international summit of religious leaders inaugurated by the government of Indonesia in its c...

Religious Liberty and Natural-Rights Constitutionalism

Religious liberty faces threats from opposite ends of the political spectrum. America’s founding principles and constitutional traditions supply wise answers to both. Scorn for religion drives t...

Q & A With Nury Turkel, Chair of U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom

RealClearPolitics’ Susan Crabtree interviewed Nury Turkel on his new book, “No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs” at the Hudson Institute last week. Her...

RCReligion Analysis

The State of Religious Liberty Around the World

Chandler Lasch, RealClearReligion

RealClearPolitics has launched a new initiative, Religious Liberty Around the World, to highlight issues of freedom of faith and conscience... Read More

Be Strong and Courageous: Our Post-Midterms Charge

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, RealClearReligion

Results from the midterm elections have several states now providing legal safe haven for the gruesome act of abortion. The response of... Read More

Kanye's Antisemitism, Tucker Carlson, and Journalistic Ethics

Elliot B. Gertel, RealClearReligion

There has been much news coverage regarding Kanye (who now prefers to be called "Ye") West's mounting antisemitic tirades. "I'm a bit sleepy... Read More

Videos

What Jerusalem Means to Me: Russell Moore and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

De-Radicalizing the Church & Learning from Atheists

Embracing Scripture after Religious Trauma

Did Jews Always Support Israel?

The Eucharist as Thanksgiving

Richard DeClue, Word on Fire

The Eucharist truly is the sacrifice by which we share in thanksgiving for Almighty God saving us from death and giving new and eternal life. Read More

What Are the Jewish Roots of Thanksgiving?

Stuart Halpern, Jerusalem Post

For the leader of the Pilgrims, verses from the Hebrew Bible, cited in accordance with the practice of Jewish law -- constitutes the original... Read More

The Original Puritans

Maggie Phillips, Tablet

At Thanksgiving, Americans recount a lot of mythology about the Pilgrims and their religious ideology. But what did they actually believe? Read More

Gratitude and Praise Among the Oldest Themes in Christian Music

Stowe, TC

Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops -- but biblical psalms of gratitude and praise go back thousands of years. Read More

The Psalm Quoted in FDR's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Myra Adams, Townhall

Eighty years ago, as Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, Allied victory in the Second World War was uncertain and three very tough years away. Read More

The Science of Giving Thanks to God

Peter Hill & Robert Emmons, Christianity Today

A growing body of research backs the benefits of divine gratefulness, in good times and bad. Read More

The Injustice of Thanksgiving

Yoshi Zweiback, Jewish Journal

If you've kept up with the headlines this week, you might be tempted to question life's fairness. Read More

Celebrate Thanksgiving Through Contradictions

Kelemen & Matthews, Deseret

Thanksgiving is about celebrating, feasting and resting, but their opposites -- mourning, fasting and working -- can help us feel more... Read More

The Road to Thanksgiving Started Here

Mindy Belz, Wall Street Journal

Before their flight to America, the Pilgrims worshiped at a church in Nottinghamshire. Read More

Antisemitism is Still on the Menu This Thanksgiving

Michael Oren, Forward

Reaching a consensus on what antisemitism is and how to combat it must be a topic at American Jewish tables this Thanksgiving. Read More

Softening the Trauma Response Between Believers, Non-Believers

Hess, PSM

Stepping away from a community of faith hurts in both directions. Could a deeper recognition of that pain help draw our hearts together again? Read More

Jewish Group's Online Surveillance Uncovered a Synagogue Plot

Kilgannon, NYT

The Community Security Initiative of the UJA-Federation of New York sounded the alarm that set off the manhunt that ended in two arrests. Read More

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The State of Religious Liberty Around the World

Faith and Human Rights at the G20 Religion Forum in Indonesia

Religious Liberty and Natural-Rights Constitutionalism

Religious liberty faces threats from opposite ends of the political spectrum. America’s founding principles and constitutional traditions supply wise answers to both. Scorn for religion drives t...

Q & A With Nury Turkel, Chair of U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom

RealClearPolitics’ Susan Crabtree interviewed Nury Turkel on his new book, “No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs” at the Hudson Institute last week. Her...

RCReligion Analysis

The State of Religious Liberty Around the World

Chandler Lasch, RealClearReligion

RealClearPolitics has launched a new initiative, Religious Liberty Around the World, to highlight issues of freedom of faith and conscience... Read More

Be Strong and Courageous: Our Post-Midterms Charge

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, RealClearReligion

Results from the midterm elections have several states now providing legal safe haven for the gruesome act of abortion. The response of... Read More

Kanye's Antisemitism, Tucker Carlson, and Journalistic Ethics

Elliot B. Gertel, RealClearReligion

There has been much news coverage regarding Kanye (who now prefers to be called "Ye") West's mounting antisemitic tirades. "I'm a bit sleepy... Read More

Videos

What Jerusalem Means to Me: Russell Moore and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

De-Radicalizing the Church & Learning from Atheists

Embracing Scripture after Religious Trauma

Did Jews Always Support Israel?

Religion & Politics

Two CA Bishops Personify Catholic Divide Over Politics of Abortion

Francis Rocca, Wall Street Journal

U.S. Catholic bishops meeting in San Diego for a weeklong spiritual retreat starting Monday will try to rebuild unity after a polarizing debate over whether to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights. Among the proposed retreat topics, according to a memo sent to bishops, are "community and fraternity among the bishops," "unity and mutual support among bishops," polarization in t... Read More

Persecution and Discrimination

Can We Fight Antisemitism Without Losing Our Sense of Humor?

David Suissa, Jewish News Syndicate

Because Dave Chappelle plays in the very Jewish playground of comedy, it makes it that much harder to calibrate our response.... Read More

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