Resources for Religious Liberty


GENERAL RESOURCES           ACADEMIC RESOURCES          ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS


Organizations Signing the Consensus Statement on
Religious Liberty, Public Education, and the Future of American Democracy

General Resources

Center for Studies on New ReligionsFeatures an archive of extraordinary depth, cataloged by topic, nation and over a hundred NRMs. This is an international forum with most of the items in English.

FindLaw — Searchable Database of US Supreme Court Decisions since 1893

First Amendment Center of the Freedom Forum

Foundation for Religious Freedom

Legal Information Institute – Cornell Law School sponsors this user friendly website to assist those conducting legal research in many areas of the law.

Library of Congress – A superb exhibition on American religious liberty which focuses on the colonial and constitutional periods of American history.

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

RJ&L Religious Liberty Archive – View Supreme Court cases and commentaries, state statutes, and important historical documents and speeches relevant to religious freedom in the United States.

RLUIPA – Prepared by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Office of the General Counsel

U.S. Department of Justice - Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Department of State - International Religious Freedom

    U.S. Department of State - International Religious Freedom 2005 Report

Academic Resources

J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies (Baylor University)

Journal of Law and Religion (Hamline University School of Law)

ReligionLaw: Law & Religion Issues for Law Academics A listserv moderated by Eugene Volokh at UCLA - Use this link to register for the list.

Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion

University of Virginia – Links to many Religious Freedom organizations

Advocacy Organizations

Alliance Defense Fund

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

American Center for Law and Justice

American Civil Liberties Union

ACLU Religious Liberty Section

American Jewish Congress

American Jewish Committee

American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Anti-Defamation League

Baptist Joint Committee

Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

Christian Legal Society

Ethics and Public Policy Institute

Family Resource Council

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network

Home School Legal Defense Association

International Association for Religious Freedom

International Coalition for Religious Freedom

Liberty Magazine

People for the American Way Foundation

Religious Action Center

Rutherford Institute

Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression

Organizations Signing the Consensus Statement on
Religious Liberty, Public Education, and the Future of American Democracy

American Academy of Religion

American Association of School Administrators

American Center for Law and Justice

American Federation of Teachers

American Jewish Committee

American Jewish Congress

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Anti-Defamation League

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

Central Conference of American Rabbis

Coalition for the Community of Reason

Council on Islamic Education

Christian Coalition

Christian Educators Association International

Christian Legal Society

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Department of Education of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

First Amendment Center

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Islamic Society of North America

National Association of Elementary School Principals

National Association of Evangelicals

National Association of Secondary School Principals

National Conference for Community and Justice

National Council for the Social Studies

National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

National Education Association

National PTA

National School Boards Association

People for the American Way

Phi Delta Kappa

Union of American Hebrew Congregations

Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America

 

GENERAL RESOURCES           ACADEMIC RESOURCES          ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS


Organizations Signing the Consensus Statement on
Religious Liberty, Public Education, and the Future of American Democracy


 
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