“Protection of religious liberty can reduce suffering and mitigate polarization — if the protection has three features: First, it must be strong — allowing people ample room not just to believe, but to live out their beliefs without fear of penalty. Second, it must extend to all

A wonderful panel, and a wonderful conference by @NDLawRLI on the crucial subject of Depolarizing Religious Liberty. #ReligiousFreedomForAll

Also at the gala, the 2024 Religious Liberty Initiative Scholarship Award was awarded to thomas c berg. The award recognizes Berg’s scholarly accomplishments in the field of law and religion, and the many careful contributions made to theoretical thinking about religious liberty.

Congratulations to thomas c berg, author of Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age, for receiving the 2024 Notre Dame Religious Initiative Scholarship Award! Read more below! 🥳 news.stthomas.edu/professor-tom-…

Thanks to Eerdmans Publishing for being a great publisher/partner for the "Polarized Age" book! Get it now on their site!

Niche but important!

St. Thomas Law is once again ranked among the top 25 law schools in the nation for scholarly impact. It ranked No. 23 on the latest Leiter-Sisk study of law school faculty this week, tied with the College of William & Mary and University of Minnesota. news.stthomas.edu/st-thomas-law-…

Great new paper by my colleague Rachel Moran

Wise concluding remarks here, invoking the work of thomas c berg:

Prof. Tom Berg thomas c berg spoke with The The Washington Times for its story about the Supreme Court's upcoming term, which doesn't include any religious liberty cases. washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/…

You can get the whole book at eerdmans.com/9781467463966/…!

I thank Nick Reaves & Matthew Krauter of BECKET for their fine review of my book "Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age" (Eerdmans Publishing). It prompted my thoughts in @fedsoc Review on arguing effectively for religious liberty to persuadable skeptics (ie, RL "apologetics").

Religious liberty law scholars, led by Michael McConnell, Douglas Laycock, Thomas Berg (thomas c berg), David Smolin, and Richard Garnett (Rick Garnett), explain the proper approach to free exercise burdens in the public school context. becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20250310122307…

1 of the 3 current cases discussed here is resolved (the 4-4 split on charter schools). The 2 left are straight-up free exercise cases: ie, it's agreed the religious activity in them is by private individuals/entities, vs the dispute whether the charter school was a state actor.