The Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy’s Religious Liberty in the States (RLS) is a project measuring legal safeguards for religious liberty across the United States.
CENTER FOR RELIGION, CULTURE & DEMOCRACY
PROJECTS
To achieve our vision, the CRCD supports the creation and promotion of high quality scholarship at the intersection of religion, culture, and democracy. Our publications, programming, and resources affirm the importance of religion as a public good for strengthening social bonds and reinforcing foundational freedoms.
Reading Wheel Review
Physical books are at once a conduit for conveying complex and well-developed ideas and an artifact of the time and place from which they come. While digital media has its place in social discourse, the book is an enduring piece of technology that has been one of the primary vehicles for shaping civilization. The Reading Wheel Review is an initiative designed to anchor sustained attention to books that truly matter, and to shape a substantive dialogue around them.
Journal of Religion, Culture & Democracy
The Journal of Religion, Culture & Democracy (JRCD) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal focused on the intersection of religion and civil society.
Social Policy
Law, religion, culture, and virtue are intimately related. How much can laws either promote virtue or prevent vice? Do good laws create good people? Or does the virtue of the citizenry determine the nature of the laws of the land? What are the moral and cultural conditions for a well-functioning democracy? Questions such as these motivate the CRCD’s engagement in matters of social policy, which range from commentary and analysis to research and advocacy.
