Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is associate professor of politics at Northwestern University. She is the author of Beyond The idea that people’s religious views should be neither an advantage or a disadvantage under the law. Learn more : The New Global Politics of Religion, published by Princeton in 2015.

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Religion Dispatches

International “Religious Freedom” Agenda Will Only Embolden ISIS

International religious freedom has become the civilizing discourse of our time.

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

November 10, 2014

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Religion Dispatches

Jewish State, Islamic State: All States are Religious

All nations contribute to the management and definition of religion so it’s neither necessary, nor possible, to identify any state as definitively “religious” or “secular.” To choose is largely political.

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

June 19, 2009

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Religion Dispatches

Faith, Politics, and Fruitcakes

Was Obama’s interpretation of the proper relationship of faith to the Constitution really a “fruitcake” position as Dr. James Dobson called it?

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

June 11, 2009

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