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July 2, 2011: What Did I Learn From The Huffington Post Piece?, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2011

July 2, 2011: What Did I Learn From The Huffington Post Piece?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Did I Learn From the Huffington Post Piece?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Sandel On Religion In The Public Square, Hugh Baxter Jul 2011

Sandel On Religion In The Public Square, Hugh Baxter

Faculty Scholarship

In the final chapter of "Justice" (2009), Sandel calls for a “new politics of the common good,” which he presents as an alternative to John Rawls’s idea of public reason. Sandel calls “misguided” Rawls’s search for “principles of justice that are neutral among competing conceptions of the good life.” According to Sandel, “[i]t is not always possible to define our rights and duties without taking up substantive moral questions; and even when it’s possible it may not be desirable.” In taking up these moral questions, Sandel writes, we must allow specifically religious convictions and reasons into the sphere of public …


Respecting Freedom And Cultivating Virtues In Justifying Constitutional Rights, Linda C. Mcclain, James E. Fleming Jul 2011

Respecting Freedom And Cultivating Virtues In Justifying Constitutional Rights, Linda C. Mcclain, James E. Fleming

Faculty Scholarship

What’s new in the long-standing debate between civic republicans and liberals about how best to understand and justify rights? This article picks up the thread with political philosopher Michael Sandel’s recent, internationally-renowned book, Justice: What’s the Right Thing To Do? The article evaluates the sharp contrasts his book draws between justice as cultivating virtues and justice as respecting freedom, using his example of contemporary arguments for and against opening up civil marriage to same-sex couples. Sandel contends that “liberal neutrality” and a public square denuded of religious arguments and convictions are impossible on this issue. Drawing on Aristotle, he contends …


June 29, 2011: Don’T Liberals Have A Hatred For Public References To God?, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 29, 2011: Don’T Liberals Have A Hatred For Public References To God?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Don’t Liberals Have a Hatred for Public References to God?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 26, 2011: The Political Irresponsibility Of Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 26, 2011: The Political Irresponsibility Of Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Political Irresponsibility of Douglas Laycock“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 23, 2011: The Promise Of Religious Naturalism, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 23, 2011: The Promise Of Religious Naturalism, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Promise of Religious Naturalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 20, 2011: What Is Religion/What Is Prayer?, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 20, 2011: What Is Religion/What Is Prayer?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What is Religion/What is Prayer?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 17, 2011: Listen To The Indiana University Press Podcast, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 17, 2011: Listen To The Indiana University Press Podcast, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Listen to the Indiana University Press podcast“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 15, 2011: Weird Second Circuit Decision, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 15, 2011: Weird Second Circuit Decision, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “ Weird Second Circuit Decision“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 12, 2011: Graduation Prayer And The Defense Of Secular Government, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 12, 2011: Graduation Prayer And The Defense Of Secular Government, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Graduation Prayer and the Defense of Secular Government“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 10, 2011: What Are The True Sources Of Wealth?, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 10, 2011: What Are The True Sources Of Wealth?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What Are the True Sources of Wealth?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 8, 2011: My Fellow American, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 8, 2011: My Fellow American, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “My Fellow American“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 6, 2011: Just What Or Who Is God And Who Believes In God?, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 6, 2011: Just What Or Who Is God And Who Believes In God?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Just What or Who is God and Who Believes in God?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 3, 2011: The Debt Limit Is Somehow A Theological Dispute, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 3, 2011: The Debt Limit Is Somehow A Theological Dispute, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Debt Limit is Somehow a Theological Dispute“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 1, 2011: When You Get To A Certain Age, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 1, 2011: When You Get To A Certain Age, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “When You Get to a Certain Age“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 30, 2011: Happy Memorial Day, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 30, 2011: Happy Memorial Day, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Happy Memorial Day“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 27, 2011: Time To Rethink Public School Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 27, 2011: Time To Rethink Public School Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Time to Rethink Public School Prayer“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


It’S Time To Reconsider Graduation Prayer In Public High Schools, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

It’S Time To Reconsider Graduation Prayer In Public High Schools, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.


May 24, 2011: What Exactly Happened Today When Netanyahu Addressed Congress?, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 24, 2011: What Exactly Happened Today When Netanyahu Addressed Congress?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What Exactly Happened Today When Netanyahu Addressed Congress?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 21, 2011: Emanuel David, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 21, 2011: Emanuel David, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Emanuel David“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 18, 2011: All Things Shining, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 18, 2011: All Things Shining, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “All Things Shining“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 15, 2011: More On Torture, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 15, 2011: More On Torture, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “More on Torture“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed to Say“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed to Say“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 8, 2011: Torture Works, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 8, 2011: Torture Works, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Torture Works“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 3, 2011: The Military Killed The Man Responsible For The Sneak Attack On America, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 3, 2011: The Military Killed The Man Responsible For The Sneak Attack On America, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Military Killed the Man Responsible for the Sneak Attack on America“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 1, 2011: Religion, Guns And Racism, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 1, 2011: Religion, Guns And Racism, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Religion, Guns and Racism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 29, 2011: Courageous Senator Bob Casey, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2011

April 29, 2011: Courageous Senator Bob Casey, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Courageous Senator Bob Casey“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 24, 2011: Why The Resurrection Changes Everything, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2011

April 24, 2011: Why The Resurrection Changes Everything, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why the Resurrection Changes Everything“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 22, 2011: Conservative Christians Discover The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2011

April 22, 2011: Conservative Christians Discover The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Conservative Christians Discover the Separation of Church and State“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.