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Religious freedom is so often presented as a timeless American ideal and an inalienable right, appearing fully formed at the founding of the United States. That

Religion has become a charged token in a politics of division. In disputes about faith-based social services, public money for religious schools, the Pledge of

Christians are often thought of as defending only their own religious interests in the public square. They are viewed as worrying exclusively about the erosion

For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liber

In the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often appeal to history. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church