Religious Freedom Links

If you care to explore religious liberty links online, the following is a list of religious liberty sites which are a good source of information in this area:

International Religious Persecution Links:

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

International Christian Concern's homepage which focuses on international persecution of religion

Center for Religious Freedom, a subdivision of Freedom House, which focuses on tracking international religious liberty violations

The Keston Institute--a long established organization which tracks religious persecution in communist and former communist countries

Christian Solidarity International--a human rights organization which seeks to help the victims of religious persecution

Religious Liberty Links in the United States:

American Center for Law and Justice--this group is one of the best defenders of religious liberty in America today.  They frequently square off against the ACLU and American's United for the Separation of Church and State.

Center for Law and Religious Freedom of the Christian Legal Society

Council on Religious Freedom seeks to remind America of its religious heritage

The Freedom Forum Online's  First Amendment page includes many stories and resources on religious liberty along with other First Amendment material

First Amendment Cyber Tribune Fact, Religious Liberty is an online newspaper devoted to the First Amendment including religious liberty

Table of United States Supreme Court Decisions Relating to Religious Liberty 1789-1994 compiled by Carl H. Esbeck, Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia

The Rutherford Institute--a freedom of religion organization run by John Whitehead--known for many battles for the free exercise of religion

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

First Things:  a Journal of Religion and Public Life edited by Richard John Neuhaus