Name: “Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty”
Start: 2024-11-13T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-13T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 400 4th St. SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20024

$\u201cFree Exercise: America\u2019s Story of Religious Liberty\u201d$

Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty is a new documentary narrated by award-winning historian Richard Brookhiser that tells the story of the greatest experiment in religious freedom the world has ever known. Directed by Leo Eaton and John Paulson, the film explores the development of the Constitution’s Free Exercise Clause, primarily through the eyes of six American faith communities—Quakers, Baptists, Black churches, Catholics, Mormons, and Jews—before widening its focus and turning to more contemporary challenges that continue to be the cause of contentious and even violent debate. While the Free Exercise Clause is an epochal principle, the American experience shows that this principle is not self-enacting—it must be understood and upheld for all in every generation.
Following the documentary, the film’s executive producer and several experts in religious liberty will hold a panel discussion with an audience Q&A. Tours of the museum’s Impact of the Bible exhibit will also be offered.
More info here: https://www.museumofthebible.org/events/religious-liberty-motb