Proposes a new theoretical approach to religious liberty that both transcends and transforms current approaches to law and religion.

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

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

Throughout American history, legal battles concerning the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty have been among the most contentious issue of the

In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendm