religious liberty
Prof. Gerard Bradley Addresses the President’s Religious Liberty Commission

Editor’s Note: On May 1, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission to direct the federal government to “promote citizens’ pride in our foundational history, identify emerging threats to religious liberty, uphold Federal laws that protect all citizens’ full participation in a pluralistic democracy, and protect the free exercise of …
Remembering Five Years Ago: COVID Closure of Churches

Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as an entry in a multi-part series hosted by the New Civil Liberties Alliance reflecting on “how bad bureaucratic decisions made COVID-19 worse.” The piece is reprinted at Anchoring Truths with permission. Forced closure of houses of worship during the Covid pandemic demonstrated how far-reaching administrative edicts could be. …
The Forgotten Protection for Individual Liberty
A Natural Rights Approach to Religious Liberty
America’s Culture of Religious Freedom with Mark David Hall

Prof. Mark David Hall, JWI Affiliated Scholar and Professor at George Fox University, joins host Garrett Snedeker for a discussion of Mark’s new book Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: How Christianity Has Advanced Freedom and Equality for All Americans. The two discuss the vital place of religious liberty in American culture, both historically and …
In Search of Original Meaning — the Religion Clauses: Part II
In Search of Original Meaning – the Religion Clauses: Part I
“Religious Liberty in the States” with Dr. Jordan Ballor

In this episode of the podcast, Garrett Snedeker sits down with Dr. Jordan Ballor, Director of Research at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, to discuss the CRCD’s new project to measure and rank each state’s safeguards for religious liberty. You can access the study here.
The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics

JWI, with our co-sponsors, the Center for Religion Culture and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, and the Civitas Institute, present this webinar. The webinar featured Justin Dyer and Kody Cooper discussing their upcoming book on the natural law influences of the American Founding. We were also joined by Jordan Ballor, in addition to a surprise …