Todd Huizinga is senior fellow, Europe, at the Religious Freedom Institute. He is the author of The New Totalitarian Temptation: Global Governance and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe (New York: Encounter Books, 2016) and Was Europa von Trump lernen kann (Berlin: Vergangenheitsverlag, 2017). All opinions and perspectives in this article are attributable to the author alone.
Political Polarization, Same-Sex Marriage, and Religious Liberty

Political Polarization, Same-Sex Marriage, and Religious Liberty

A relativistic approach to polarization, however seemingly tolerant, ultimately encourages us to disregard others and idolize ourselves.

August 18, 2024
Thought Police: Protecting the People from Prayer

Thought Police: Protecting the People from Prayer

In their zeal to defend abortion at all costs, governments are beginning to criminalise silent thought. Their efforts must be resisted.

July 22, 2024
The Transatlantic Significance of the European Elections

The Transatlantic Significance of the European Elections

If the Right does as well in the European elections, American conservatives might find that they have a critical mass of allies in Europe.

June 4, 2024
Prohibitive Progressivism’s Perspective on the AfD

Prohibitive Progressivism’s Perspective on the AfD

Hendrick Cremer claims that the AfD represents a resurgence of Nazi thinking. His argument is unconvincing.

May 6, 2024
Religion, the ‘Russian World,’ and the War Against Ukraine

Religion, the ‘Russian World,’ and the War Against Ukraine

Russkiy Mir is a heretical national theology that expresses a mythical, teleological understanding of Russia.

April 20, 2024
Christianity and Pluralism in the Post-Christian West

Christianity and Pluralism in the Post-Christian West

In spite of all the apparent counterevidence, we Christians must support political pluralism because of our faith and our experience.

March 10, 2024
The Abolition of Liberty? Religious Freedom and Education Amid Today’s Intellectual Confusion

The Abolition of Liberty? Religious Freedom and Education Amid Today’s Intellectual Confusion

Freedom of religion is about the freedom to seek the truth.

January 5, 2024
The Dry Bones Shall Live Again: A History of Israel

The Dry Bones Shall Live Again: A History of Israel

Ultimately, the founding and the success of the State of Israel can only be described in religious terms: the flourishing existence of today’s Israel is a miracle.

March 29, 2023
The Bible as Hate Speech

The Bible as Hate Speech

To understand this case, it is helpful to read this passage carefully. It shows how counter-cultural the Bible can be for 21st century Westerners.

June 23, 2022
Woke Global Governance: The UN, the New Human Rights, and Money

Woke Global Governance: The UN, the New Human Rights, and Money

Given these facts, today’s wokeist global governance project turns out to be anything but a benign program to improve humanity’s lot around the globe. Instead, it is an unlimited power grab to define truth and justice, under the banner of ‘universal human rights.’

March 1, 2022
Refusing to ‘Celebrate Diversity’:<br>A Christian Case for Religious Freedom for All

Refusing to ‘Celebrate Diversity’:
A Christian Case for Religious Freedom for All

The phony ‘tolerance of relativism’ must inexorably and unavoidably translate in practice into what it really is: the most implacable, ferocious intolerance.

February 14, 2022
<i>Wirtschaftswunder</i> for the 21st Century: The Age of Planned Capitalism

Wirtschaftswunder for the 21st Century: The Age of Planned Capitalism

Thankfully, the authors of the European Economic and Financial System plan had the wisdom to include an executive summary. After all, there’s no way anyone’s going to read the whole thing. And we don’t have to read the whole thing because it’s obvious. As we all irresistibly jump on the bandwagon, we will learn that planned capitalism is the answer.

January 25, 2022