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Events Headlines
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP and PUBLISHING PROJECT: 12-13 February 2021: Religion, State, and Society in Post-Communist Countries: Thirty Years after the End of the Cold War
(Elizabeth Clark, Merilin Kivirog, Dmytro Vovk, BYU Law ICLRS, University of Tartu School of Law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University’s Center for Rule of Law and Religion Studies)
WEBINAR SERIES, 25 November 2020 (4 PM CEST): The Android and the Fax: AI and Buddhism in Contemporary Japan
(Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester), Center for Religious Studies, Foundazione Bruno Kessler, Trento)
Live blog of US Supreme Court opinions - Monday, July 6, 2020
(SCOTUSblog)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
G20 INTERFAITH FORUM 2020: Bringing Faith and Policy Together
(Website, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
Religion Photos of the Week - 2 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
G20 Interfaith Forum Regional Meeting, Arab Region
(G20 IF, KAICIID, UNAOC, NCIRD, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
Getting the anti- racism agenda right
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
COVID is no excuse to close immigration
(Matthew Lau, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Recent Articles of Interest, 6 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #110: Hindu Perspective on the COVID-19 Emergency
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Covid-19 in Africa: How Youth are Stepping Up
(Alcinda Honwana and Nyeleti Honwana, From Poverty to Power)
Covid-19 is here to stay. People will have to adapt
(The Economist)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #109: Focusing on the Ultra Poor in the Philippines
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Sounding out Quebec’s Clash of Symbols
(Andrew Bennett, Beryl Wajsman, Maxime Huot Couture, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Challenges ahead for Quebec's ban on religious symbols
(Andrew Bennett and Robert Leckey, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Moreland and Pojanowski, "The Moral of Torts"
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)
Pope Francis commends UN Security Council for global ceasefire resolution
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Europe Headlines
G20 Interfaith Forum Gathers Regional European Leaders for Consultation on COVID 19, Equality, Environment and Innovation
(G20 IF, KAICIID, UNAOC, NCIRD, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
UK: The new coronavirus guidelines for schools to open in September
(Camilla Turner, The Telegraph)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 5th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Round Up 6.7.20 – A quiet week in the courts but not in the news…
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)
COVID-19: further guidance on Test and Trace and data protection
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
British pastors sue, challenging Government COVID-19 orders which closed churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CCNI: charities in Northern Ireland after McKee & Hughes
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Montenegro becomes first country in Balkans to legalise same-sex civil partnerships
(Euronews)
United States Headlines
Past and Present: A Fourth of July Special Edition
(Religion News Service)
God bless America: The theology of the Fourth of July
(Podcast, with guest Ira Stoll, Religion News Service)
"Lift Every Voice!"
(Robert P. George, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)
Patriotism, nationalism and the American dream
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
What to an American Is the Fourth of July?
(Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic)
‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’
(Frederick Douglass, Via Religion News Service)
Black Americans and the Fourth—and Fifth—of July
(Mark Shiffman, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
America’s founding was greatest anti-slavery movement in history
(Thomas Krannawitter, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
How America's Founding Fathers missed a chance to abolish slavery
(Michael Hirsch, Foreign Policy)
Symposium: Espinoza, funding of religious service providers, and religious freedom
(Thomas Berg and Douglas Laycock, SCOTUSblog)
Michigan mosque sues cemetery over need to prepay for grave sites
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Kavanaugh refuses to enjoin Illinois District Court's upholding of COVID-19 limits on political gatherings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Illinois can favor religious gatherings over political ones
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pursuing racial reconciliation beyond trendy activism
(Kacie Tilman, The Christian Post)
Calif. issues ban on singing in churches amid ongoing pandemic
(Brandom Showalter, The Christian Post)
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