Hello friends and happy new year. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the

National Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of

constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase

awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.

Friends, I'm so excited today to convene two of America's leading scholars of religious liberty

to talk about a great new book by Vincent Philip Munoz. It's called Religious Liberty and the American

founding, natural rights, and the original meaning of the First Amendment religion

clauses. Professor Munoz is joined in conversation by Professor Michael McConnell of Stanford and will talk about

what freedom of religion meant at the founding and what it means today.

Vincent Philip Munoz is Tocful Associate Professor of Political

Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

His most recent book as I said is called Religious Liberty and the American founding natural rights

in the original meaning of the First Amendment religion clauses.

Philip, thank you so much for joining and congratulations on the book.

Thanks for having me.

It's great to be with you again. And Michael McConnell is the Richard and Francis. the He's also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His upcoming book, co-authored with Nathan Chapman,

is agreeing to disagree,

how the Establishment Clause protects religious diversity

and freedom of conscience.

Michael, welcome back to We The People.

It's always an honor to have you on the show.

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