Expanding Our Vision of Human Rights

Expanding Our Vision of Human Rights

By Andrea Rice Human rights today are generally understood to be rights for individuals. The United Nations defines human rights as “rights inherent to all…

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Healing Communities: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Serving Returning Citizens

Healing Communities: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Serving Returning Citizens

Healing Communities is an example of a faith-based nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with other sectors of society, including government, to empower returning citizens with spiritual and physical resource for societal reintegration. This article discusses the how Healing Communities partners with other programs and resources, like Sacred Sector, to build capacity to promote restorative justice. Healing Communities’ coordinator stated at a recent event: “Sacred Sector does have a spiritual calling to provide resources to ministries to do these things. So let them help you do them!”

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All of Life Sanctified: How Esther Embodies Public Justice

All of Life Sanctified: How Esther Embodies Public Justice

By Chelsea Langston Bombino All of life is religion. All of life is redeemed. These are concepts that are integral to a theology of public…

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What Can Dunn v. Ray Teach Us About Religious Freedom and Justice?

What Can Dunn v. Ray Teach Us About Religious Freedom and Justice?

By Nicole Kennedy and Collin Slowey Religious freedom discussions in today’s political discourse tend to focus on, to borrow the words of Chelsea Langston Bombino,…

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Reframing Religious Freedom: How Protecting Faith-Based Institutions is Essential to Public Justice

Reframing Religious Freedom: How Protecting Faith-Based Institutions is Essential to Public Justice

Editor’s Note: This article was written in response to a specific event in which Rep. Omar gave remarks about religious freedom. This article is neither…

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New Year's Resolutions for Religious Freedom Advocates

New Year’s Resolutions for Religious Freedom Advocates

By Chelsea Langston Bombino In our current cultural and political moment, religious freedom in the United States is not generally regarded as a contribution to…

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Free to Serve [Part 1]: Religion in the Public Square

Free to Serve [Part 1]: Religion in the Public Square

By Collin Slowey EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the first in a series of articles by Collin Slowey, an intern with the Center for Public…

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