Religion, Repression, and Rebellion
Philip Jenkins Thursday, 1 March 2007
History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they've exhausted all other alternatives.
— Abba Eban
Debates about the free expression and practice of religion are usually framed in philosophical terms. Virtually no one questions that this freedom is, in principle, a desirable end, though controversy might arise over the precise limitations necessary for public order. Even those least sympathetic in practice to religious freedom tend to praise it in theory. The debate, then, revolves around the best means of securing the maximum degree of religious freedom possible in the circumstances of a given society.
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