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David Sehat

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Thomas Jefferson and Us

The resurgence of the debate over the Sage of Monticello's legacy: Is Jefferson the ultimate patriot or ultimate hypocrite?

by David Sehat via William and Mary Quarterly on October 1, 2017
The Religious-Liberty Attack on Transgender Rights

Conservative Christians are out to restore their historical legal privileges.

by David Sehat via Boston Review on May 27, 2016

This Earthly Frame: The Making of American Secularism

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Billy Graham leading a prayer at the Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida, August 1968; Richard Nixon is at right.

Victimhood and Vengeance

The contemporary rise of Christian nationalism in the US is a reactionary response to the country’s liberalization over the past half-century.

by Linda Greenhouse via New York Review of Books on January 19, 2023

The cover of the book "This Earthly Frame," depicting clouds swirling around the US Capitol dome.

The Struggle to Make the United States Secular

How progressives came to think that any recognition of Christianity by a public institution violates others’ rights.

by Johann N. Neem via Los Angeles Review of Books on July 15, 2022

AI-generated illustration of a blue neural network, surrounded by code and data graphics, against dark background.

How Machines Came to Speak (and How to Shut Them Up)

On the intertwined history of free speech law and media technology.

by Alex Sayf Cummings via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on September 24, 2023

People pray outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2022.

Separation of Church and State Has Always Been Good for Religion

The US Supreme Court's most recent decisions undermine centuries of established secularism within American government.

by Ed Simon via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on June 30, 2022

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