A Final Conversation with Steve Monsma: On Why Protecting Communities is Essential to Protecting Individual Rights

A Final Conversation with Steve Monsma: On Why Protecting Communities is Essential to Protecting Individual Rights

Chelsea Langston Bombino, February 24 2017 Dr. Stephen Monsma’s vision for living together across difference in modern American society is particularly resonant for the current…

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Earthly Speaking, A Great Loss for Religious Freedom

Earthly Speaking, A Great Loss for Religious Freedom

Stanley Carlson-Thies, February 24 2017 On February 18, 2017, Stephen V. Monsma, age 80, was taken from this life and entered the next and better…

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Sacred Commons: Building Both Physical and Spiritual Infrastructure in America

Sacred Commons: Building Both Physical and Spiritual Infrastructure in America

Chelsea Langston Bombino, February 3, 2017 Last week, President Trump signed executive orders that would advance construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In some ways,…

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 How the Faith-Based Initiative Can Help the New Administration Reach Marginalized Communities

How the Faith-Based Initiative Can Help the New Administration Reach Marginalized Communities

Stanley Carlson-Thies and Chelsea Langston, February 3, 2017 President Obama made clear on the campaign trail in 2008 that if elected, he would continue the…

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The Connection Between Religious Freedom and Immigration Policy – The Potential Impact of President Trump’s EOs on Religious “Sanctuary” Organizations

The Connection Between Religious Freedom and Immigration Policy – The Potential Impact of President Trump’s EOs on Religious “Sanctuary” Organizations

Chelsea Langston Bombino, February 2, 2017 Central to the core beliefs of many religions is the call to serve the stranger and to advocate for…

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