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Hunter Baker

Research Fellow

Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D., serves as provost and dean of the faculty of North Greenville University. He is the author of three books (The End of Secularism, Political Thought: A Student's Guide, and The System Has a Soul), has contributed chapters and forewords to 21 others, and has published over 40 articles and essays. He is the winner of the 2011 Michael Novak Award conferred by the Acton Institute and has lectured widely on matters of religion and liberty. In addition to his work at North Greenville, Baker also serves as a contributing editor for Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity and as an associate editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality. He is a fellow of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, and the Land Center for Cultural Engagement.

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Hunter Baker

life and religious liberty

Life and Religious Liberty: The Issues Baptists Must Pursue for the Long Run

From Election Cycles to Cathedral Building

When Baptist U.S. Congressman Brooks Hays addressed the Baptist World Alliance in Copenhagen in...

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politics

How Can We Think Better About Politics as Christians

Election Triage

The last 35 years have featured the advent of the first 24-7 news channel...

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Best practices for Christian political engagement

Best practices for Christian political engagement can sound like an impossible task. Political chaos...

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political violence

Why Christians should never resort to political violence

Sin and serving the Lord of the beatitudes

I have been involved for several years now with an organization that seeks to...

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Stewarding the Good of Our Neighbors Together

Christianity, democracy, & human flourishing

The most important thing about Christianity is what it tells us about God and...

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religious liberty

Remembering Justice Scalia . . . and Surveying the Terrain Ahead

In Joseph Pearce’s biography of G.K. Chesterton we are given an account of some...

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human dignity

Changing the Cult in Culture

Back in 2002, I traveled to Freiburg, Germany with my wife and then six...

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religious liberty

Reflections on Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty

In 2012, Dan Cathy—son of Truett Cathy, who founded the much-loved Chick-fil-A restaurants—answered honestly...

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religious liberty

Rousseau, Locke, Religious Liberty, and the HHS Mandate

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt taken from remarks at the Fortnight for...

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