Please note our new Events category, which has been added to all subscriptions. Today's edition is devoted to many Events, with a smattering of Headlines. Other editions will be primarily Headlines with only imminent Events. We hope this new feature will be helpful. Sending best wishes to all in these harrowing times.
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Events Headlines
Sixth ICLARS Conference, 19-21 September 2022: Human Dignity, Law, and Religious Diversity: Designing the Future of Inter-Cultural Societies
(Córdoba, Spain, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
EVENT, 25 to 27 February 2022: European Regional Pre-Assembly for WCC 11th Assembly
(Conference of European Churches and World Council of Churches, Warsaw, Poland)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22-24 August 2021: Dare to Overcome: Global Business Convention & Peace Awards (four-year global business, technology procurement, sustainable development and peace initiative)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EVENT, 28 May - 2 June 2021: ‘Reconciled with creation: a call for urgent action on climate and biodiversity’
(13th Assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network, Bad Herrenalb, Germany)
LIVESTREAM EVENT, 20 November 2020: The ECHR Turns 70 – Taking Stock, Thinking Forward
(Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (due 10 June 2020): KAICIID Fellows Programme
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
GAiN Europe Series Launches May 30, 2020
(Victor Hulbert/Corrado Cozzi, Adventist News Network)
GOOGLE MEET EVENT, 22 March 2020 (11:30 CEST): Old identities, new times: Does the common legal identity withstand modernity?
(Sharon Shakargy, Roberto Toniatti, Nausica Palazzo, Marco Ventura, FBK-Centro Per Le Scienze Religiose and Università Di Trento-Facoltà Di Giurisprudenza)
ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR, 21 May 2020: The COVID-19 Crisis: Faith Engagement Between Peace and Conflict in Asia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 20 May 2020 (2 pm EDT): The Value and Limits of Religious Liberty
(A Discussion Between Thomas Farr and Ryan Anderson, Religious Freedom Institute)
ZOOM WEBINAR, 20 May 2020 (3 pm EDT): Faith, Freedom in Action in Troubled Times (Indiana Quakers and Rev. John Misao Yamazaki)
(Tom Meenan on Rev. Cotton Mather; Jackie Fishman on Rabbi Samuel Thurman, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series Landing Page
(BYU Law ICLRS, LDS-Europe, CRS, DISPOC, FGV Direito RIo, FBK-ISR)
International Headlines
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Believing in the Death Penalty?
(Greg Marcar, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Legal Spirits Episode 023: Journalist Kelsey Dallas on religion in America today
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Oregon trial court enjoins enforcement of state's covid-19 orders in suit by churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
RFRA defense rejected in possession of firearms case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In SDNY Cuban religion said to excuse gun possession but Judge Hellerstein rejects it
(Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press)
US says California order discriminates against churches
(Robert Jablon, Associated Press)
Four roommates of different faiths face a pandemic together
(Alejandra Molina, Associated Press)
Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
(Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press)
Justice Department urged to aggressively prosecute pornography vendors
(Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service)
Defend the sacred: How Native Americans protect their religious freedom
(Michael D. McNally, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Conspiracy theories, COVID-19 and Christian faith
(Karen Booth, Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)
Government staying out of religious instruction is not granting an ‘exception’ to churches
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
New York churches open COVID-19 testing sites in push to reach minority communities
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post)
Religious bias issues poised for fresh look from justices (paywall)
(Law 360)
Toward a good faith version of the Ministerial Exception (paywall)
(Law 360)
Labor Department issues new religious freedom guidelines
(Catholic News Agency)
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