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April 3, 2010: A Secular Easter?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “A Secular Easter?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

April 1, 2010: I’M Not Understanding Candace Chellew-Hodge, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “I’m not understanding Candace Chellew-Hodge“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Race, American Law And The State Of Nature, George A. Martinez

West Virginia Law Review

This Article advances a new theoretical framework to help explain and understand race and American law. In particular, the Article argues that we can employ a philosophical model to attempt to understand what often occurs when the dominant group deals with persons of color. The Article contends that when the dominant group acts with great power or lack of constraint, it often acts as though it were in what political philosophers have called the state of nature. Thus, the Article argues that there is a tendency for the dominant group to act as though it were in the state of …

March 29, 2010: The New Neo-Hasidism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The New Neo-Hasidism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 26, 2010: The New Neo-Hasidism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The New Neo-Hasidism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 24, 2010: The Legal Attack On Healthcare Reform, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Legal Attack on Healthcare Reform“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 21, 2010: The Pledge Of Allegiance Debate, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Pledge of Allegiance Debate“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 19, 2010: Why Fight About The Pledge Of Allegiance?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why fight about the Pledge of Allegiance?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 16, 2010: The Dems Had Better Pass Healthcare Reform, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Dems Had Better Pass Healthcare Reform“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 14, 2010: The Cascade Of Nontheistic Religion, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

March 12, 2010: “In God We Trust” Upheld By The Ninth Circuit, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ “In God We Trust” Upheld by the Ninth Circuit“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 10, 2010: Sticking With The Bible At The Tikkun Phone-In, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Sticking with the Bible at the Tikkun phone-in“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 6, 2010: Calling All Secularists Monday Night, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Calling all secularists Monday night“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

March 4, 2010: “Under God” As Identity Politics, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, ““under God” as Identity Politics“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Future Of God—And Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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

The Future Of God—And Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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

March 1, 2010: The Post-Secular Is Not The Pre-Secular, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Post-Secular is not the Pre-Secular“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Justice As Play, Jack L. Sammons

Mercer Law Review

I am interested here in using Johannes Huizinga's work on play, Homo Ludens, to explore a strange, yet civilizing, phenomenon. Why do we take those social disputes in our ordinary lives that often seem most serious and therefore most divisive, turn them over to playful participants in a legal game, and then choose, more or less, to call the outcome of this game justice and to trust it as such even to the point of preferring it to the political? Why, that is, do we think that it is justice that arises from this play?

This inquiry is not …

February 27, 2010: One More Time With Yoo, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “One more time with Yoo“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

February 25, 2010: John Yoo And Nuremberg, Bruce Ledewitz

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