About Web Sage

• Web Sage focuses on current issues related to religious liberty and the First Amendment.


• Web Sage serves to promote the University of Massachusetts Press book, Religious Liberty in America: The First Amendment in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Bruce T. Murray.


• Web Sage includes an archive of Bruce T. Murray's writing and reporting on issues ranging from climate change to torture and the law.

Lectures and Public Speaking

Bruce T. Murray is the immediate past president of Toastmasters Club #1699, a “Select Distinguished Club,” in South Pasadena, Calif. Murray is a Toastmasters Competent Leader and Competent Communicator. He is available for speaking engagements at schools, universities, libraries, service clubs and other venues. See contact information at the bottom of this Web page.

Recent lectures and appearances

Religion & politics; torture
Bruce Murray delivered a three-part lecture series at the United University Church at USC in October, 2009. Lecture titles: “The State of Religion and Politics in the Obama Era,” “Civil Religion in Los Angeles and the 2008 Election,” and “Torture from the Perspective of Literature and Journalism.”

Religion and politics in the 2008 election
Bruce Murray discussed the state of religion and politics Oct. 15, 2008 at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Library. Related newsletter.

‘Rhetoric and Spin: From Socrates to Orwell’
A view of political propaganda through the centuries. Dec. 6, 2007, Chapman University. Related Web content.

‘Beyond the Clash of Civilizations’
A macro-view of cultural and religious conflicts. Dec. 4, 2007, Chapman University. Related Web content.

‘The Clash Within Civilization’
A micro-view of intercultural conflicts. Dec. 3, 2007, Chapman University. Related Web content.

Radio interviews

Bruce T. Murray bio