released 10/11/2019

According to the conventional understanding of religious freedom as protected by the First Amendment, “religion” is defined as a purely spiritual, other-worldly set of beliefs and practices that have no basis in reason and no necessary earthly consequences. “Freedom” is defined only in terms of the absence of coercion in the making of personal choices — including choices about what is true and what is good. In this interview from Volume 131 of the Journal, David L. Schindler and Nicholas J. Healy, Jr. examine the contestable assumptions about the nature of “religion,” “freedom,” and human nature embedded in the First Amendment.

33 minutes

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