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Podcasts from the St. John's Law School Center for Law and Religion

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Podcasts from the St. John's Law School Center for Law and Religion

    Legal Spirits 057: Historian Richard Brookhiser on Religious Freedom in America

    Legal Spirits 057: Historian Richard Brookhiser on Religious Freedom in America

    In this episode, Center Director Mark Movsesian interviews historian Richard Brookhiser (left) about his new documentary, “Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty.” How have minority religions tested and shaped America’s commitment to religious freedom over the centuries–and how has America changed those religions in return? From the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657 until now, it…

    • 24 min
    Legal Spirits 056: Can the NY State Thruway Ban Chick-fil-A?

    Legal Spirits 056: Can the NY State Thruway Ban Chick-fil-A?

    In this episode, we discuss a bill pending in New York that would require future fast food restaurants at rest stops on the State Thruway to open seven days a week. The bill expressly targets Chick-fil-A, which closes on Sundays in line with the owners’ religious commitments. Does the bill violate Chick-fil-A’s free exercise rights…

    • 29 min
    Legal Spirits 055: Speaker Mike Johnson on the Separation of Church and State

    Legal Spirits 055: Speaker Mike Johnson on the Separation of Church and State

    In a TV interview last month, House Speaker Mike Johnson raised eyebrows by asserting that Framers welcomed religion in public life and that the Establishment Clause protects religion from the encroachment of government, not the other way around. In this podcast, we show how Johnson was both right and wrong. Many Framers shared his view,…

    • 31 min
    Legal Spirits 054: Is Classical Law Due for a Comeback?

    Legal Spirits 054: Is Classical Law Due for a Comeback?

    Recently, many people have been talking about classical law–specifically whether classical law, with its focus on Christian universals and natural law concepts, can make a comeback in American law schools. Will classical law have traction in an academy dominated by positivism, law-and-economics, and critical theories? Would it be a good thing if it did? We’re…

    • 32 min
    Legal Spirits 053: Tom Berg on Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age

    Legal Spirits 053: Tom Berg on Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age

    Welcome back! In our first Legal Spirits episode of the academic year, we interview our friend, law professor Tom Berg (University of St. Thomas) about his new book, Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age. We explore how fights about religious liberty both reflect and contribute to the deep social division in the US today–but also…

    • 40 min
    Legal Spirits 052: SCOTUS Decides Groff and 303 Creative

    Legal Spirits 052: SCOTUS Decides Groff and 303 Creative

    In our traditional end-of-term wrap up, Marc and Mark discuss the Supreme Court’s decisions in two cases: Groff v. DeJoy, the Title VII religious accommodations case, and 303 Creative v. Elenis, the website designer case. Were these simple cases masquerading as complicated ones? Do they suggest the Court is rethinking its views on free speech,…

    • 32 min

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Excellent Law and Religion Podcast

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Excellent podcast

Thanks for your recent review of the Carson and Kennedy cases. Always enlightening.

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