Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest now online
By BJC Staff Reports
The BJC’s Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest is now online.
From the November/December Report from the Capital
Celebrating this year, anticipating the next
By BJC Executive Director J. Brent Walker
At the Baptist Joint Committee, the year’s end marks the end of our fiscal year. Projects need to be finished and year-end gifts secured.
From the November/December Report from the Capital
Supreme Court examines government prayer practices
By BJC General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman
Is prayer at government meetings simply a historical aberration notwithstanding the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, or is it justified by some rational explanation?
From the November/December Report from the Capital
BJC, others call for investigation of NYPD’s ‘unlawful’ surveillance of Muslims
By Jordan Edwards
The BJC joined dozens of political, religious and human rights organizations in urging the United States Department of Justice to investigate the New York Police Department’s allegedly “discriminatory surveillance of American Muslim communities.”
From the November/December Report from the Capital
A day of reflections on RFRA and religious freedom
By BJC Staff Reports
A Nov. 7 symposium celebrated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 as a singular legislative accomplishment and explored contemporary controversies regarding the free exercise of religion.
From the November/December Report from the Capital
The year in review
By Don Byrd
BJC Blogger Don Byrd takes a look at the top church-state stories of 2013
From the November/December Report from the Capital
