BJC in Washington Post: White House to host 9-hour prayer festival focused on Christian roots of U.S.
Best of: Were we founded as a ‘Christian nation’?
What do people mean when they say we were founded as a “Christian nation”? Is that true? Revisit this 2019 conversation on the political and religious history behind that idea. BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler talks with Dr. Steven Green, author of Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding, about the political history of this concept, including how, when and why it originated. They also discuss misguided claims that the Ten Commandments are the basis of our legal system. On the second half of the episode, we hear from church historian Bill Leonard on what religious leaders said and did during the founding of the United States and how that relates to the freedoms we have today. This conversation was part of our podcast series on the dangers of Christian nationalism, first released on August 14, 2019.
Government Interference in Civil Society Threatens Rights of Conscience
Tyler: A thriving civil society is not incidental to religious freedom – it is the condition that makes religious freedom possible.
First Amendment, pluralism both undermined in decision to uphold Ten Commandments mandate for Texas classrooms
Hollman: When the state mandates a religious text on every classroom, it is not just decorating a wall, it places the government’s weight behind one religious tradition at the expense of all others.
