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February 6, 2026

Why Liberty Needs Religion and Religion Needs Liberty

A lesson from Sinai.

The centerpiece of this week’s Torah reading of Yitro is the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai. So perhaps it’s an appropriate time to turn to Mitchell Bahnsen’s reflections on the compatibility of America’s liberal democratic regime with traditional religion—which, although very Christian, include a very Jewish point: 

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