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The purpose of Discovery Institute’s Program on Religion, Liberty, and Civic Life is to re-articulate for the twenty-first century the proper role faith should play in public life in a free society and to emphasize the importance of religious liberty, limited government, and the moral common ground shared by human beings that makes representative democracy possible. ⋮ Read More.

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If you want to better understand what’s going on inside American evangelicalism’s elite, Shepherds for Sale (2024) by Megan Basham is a great place to start. And if you are a member of the evangelical elite yourself, you should read her book to understand what is going on among rank-and-file evangelicals.

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Ten Questions to Ask When Evaluating a Christian College

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Religious Freedom is the First Freedom — and You Can Help Save It

Bruce Chapman
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I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands ‘Thus saith the Lord,’ it lies, and lies dangerously.

C.S. Lewis, “Willing Slaves of the Welfare State” (1958)

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.

George Washington, “Farewell Address” (1796)

All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States… gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport (1790)

It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions… It is assuredly no part of religion to compel religion.

Christian thinker Tertullian (c. AD 155-c. 220), “To Scapula”

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