Challenges to Religious Liberty Today

Elizabeth Clark, Associate Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, joined panelists Robin Fretwell Wilson, Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law; Matt Sharp, Senior…

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“Religion is a weapon and a victim of the conflict in Ukraine”

This Interview with ICLRS Visiting Fellow Dmytro Vovk, Director of the Center for Rule of Law and Religion Studies at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv, Ukraine , is reproduced here with the permission of IVERIS (Institute de Veille et d’Études des Relations Internationales et Stratiques) and interviewer Bruno Husquinet .  Dr. Vovk is the co-editor with Elizabeth Clark of  Religion during Russian-Ukrainian Conflict (Routledge 2019).  He was a member of the Inaugural Class of the ICLRS Young Scholars Fellowship on Religion and the Rule of Law, which took place in summer 2018 in Oxford.  (more…)

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A Peace Cross on Public Property: A Violation of Establishment?

"On Feb. 27, the Supreme Court [heard] arguments about the constitutionality of the 40-foot Peace Cross on government property in Bladensburg, Md., a memorial for local fallen World War I soldiers. Many Americans might see a…

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