Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall is the Wilson Professor of Religious Freedom at Baylor University, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the Religious Freedom Institute, and a contributing editor of Providence.

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Pew Global Survey Shows Rising Religious Restrictions

The results are in for the latest Pew global survey, showing a decline in religious freedom around the world

Who Watches the Watchers?: The Trouble with Independent Prosecutors

Between Robert Mueller and Robert Hur, independent prosecutors are becoming more common. But who are they accountable to?

The World’s Largest Muslim-Majority Country Goes to the Polls

On February 14th, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, Indonesia, will elect its next president.

Misunderstanding bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to Americans”

Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to Americans” from 2002 continues to be recirculated and misunderstood by Westerners

The Real Threat to Religious Freedom in Ukraine

Accusations against Ukraine of religious persecution ignore collaboration between the Russian Orthodox Church and Putin

Paul Marshall Christianity & National Security 2023

Paul Marshall’s lecture at Christianity & National Security 2023. Paul Marshall discusses the develpment of Muslim empires, European colonialism, and…

Review of Jonathan Chaplin’s Beyond Establishment

Jonathan Chaplin’s “Beyond Establishment” compellingly argues the Christian case for disestablishing the Church of England

United Nations Security Council Receives its First Religious Freedom Mandate

The United Nations Security Council may finally be taking international religious liberty seriously

Radicalization of Modi’s India is National Interest Concern

The United States’ values must be our lodestar in foreign policy, including with India

It’s Not the President’s Age, But His Failing Faculties

It is not President Biden’s age per se that is key, but the fitness of his mind and body.

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