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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)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
Covid-19, Religion and FORB. Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Judd Birdsall, Francesco Di Lillo, Michael Mohallem, Brett Scharffs, Marco Ventura, BYU Law ICLRS, LDS-Europe, CRS, DISPOC, FGV Direito RIo, FBK-ISR)
Annicchino: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Scharffs: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Birdsall: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Judd Birdsall, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Ventura: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Marco Ventura, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
South Korean prosecutors question church leader
(Associated Press)
The declining state of religion in South Korea
(Religion News Service)
Canada must help reclaim Christendom's cathedral
(Susan Korah, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Faith, hope and creative destruction: religious responses to COVID-19
(Donald E. Miller, Religion News Service)
Legal expert: forced birth control of Uighur women is genocide – can China be put on trial?
(Ryszard Piotrowicz, The Conversation)
The Lhaka Honhat case of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: The long-awaited granting of 400,000 hectares under communal property rights
(Stéphanie de Moerloose and C. Ignacio de Casas, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’
(UN News)
Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Minorities under attack as PM pushes ‘tolerant’ Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Humanitarian Islam: Fostering shared civilizational values to revitalize a rules-based international order
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Hong Kong, Religious Freedom and Catholic Responsibility
(Thomas F. Farr, National Catholic Register)
Pompeo says human rights policy must prioritize property rights and religion
(Pranshu Verma, The New York Times)
In Prison for Their Faith 2020 (PDF Report)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
India to allow Hindu pilgrims to Kashmir despite coronavirus risk
(Al Jazeera)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Why the religion cases matter most
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)
The Roberts Court attempts a compromise
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Explainer: What does 'Black Lives Matter' believe?
(Ben Johnson, Action Institute Power Blog)
The mindlessness of Bostock
(Steven D. Smith, Law & Liberty)
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHT #114: COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Anti-Semitism we didn't see
(Jemele Hill, The Atlantic)
Texas exempts religious private schools from reopening guidelines
(Tal Axelrod, The Hill)
Coronavirus updates: NM court upholds worship service limits, CA Gov tightens restrictions, U.S. Navy reverses policy
(Don Byrd, BJC Online)
Should churches be excluded from mask mandates?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives
(Elana Schor and Jack Jenkins, Associated Press)
Khyati Y. Joshi argues equal religious freedom in America is an optical illusion
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
A Protestant perspective on privatization and subsidiarity
(Jordan J. Ballor, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Oklahoma is – and always has been – Native land
(Dwanna L. McKay, The Conversation)
We have a story to tell: Indigenous scholars, activists speak up amid toppling of Serra statues
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Who is Junipero Serra and why are California protesters toppling statues of this saint?
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
California churches sue Gavin Newsom, reigniting coronavirus religious liberty battle
(Nicholas Rowan, The Washington Examiner)
What’s driving the decline of religion in America? Secular education
(Joseph Sunde, Action Institute Power Blog)
8 facts about religion and government in the United States
(Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Protestantism’s troubling history with white supremacy in the US
(Tiffany Puett, The Conversation)
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