Holy Alliance: The Cult Scare and the Shifting Politics of American Religious Freedom, 1975-1985

by Tisa Wenger, Yale University Professor Wenger’s remarks may be viewed HERE. How did the “cult scare” of the 1970s, when controversies raged over new religious movements like the Church of Scientology and the Unification Church, change the politics of religious freedom in...
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Reflections on Brian Leiter’s Keynote Address

Professor Leiter’s remarks can be viewed by clicking HERE.  Brian Leiter’s keynote speech, Toleration: Its Nature and Moral Justification, presented at last fall’s Spectacle of Toleration Conference, was meant to be provocative. It succeeded. Leiter, the Karl N. Llewellyn...
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