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

American Muslim religious liberty lawyer Asma Uddin has long considered her work defending people of all faiths to be a calling more than a job. Yet even as she

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

The debate over the framers' concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissi

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