Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 22 May 2020
Who knew? Who cares? Well, there is no such thing as the 'Catholic Church of Illinois'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
BYU, other Latter-day Saint colleges and universities turn down $54 million from CARES Act, start private aid for students
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
The virus is accelerating dechurching in America
(The Economist)
More than 1,200 pastors say they'll defy California's state order and resume in-person services
(Allen Kim, CNN)
Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ Churches and places of worship allowed to open again, but restrictions remain
(New Zealand Herald)
Reopening guidance for churches delayed after White House and CDC disagree
(Lena H. Sun, Josh Dawsey, and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Ukraine: Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure of attending churches after easing the quarantine restrictions
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
COVID-19 pandemic gives 'glimmer of hope' for making systemic changes, Utah leaders say
(Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com)
Gov. Herbert creates multicultural task force to support Utah minorities hit by COVID-19
(Lauren Bennett, KSL.com)
What Xi knew: pressure builds on China’s leader | Free to read
(Tom Mitchell, Financial Times)
As COVID-19 kills Catholic Schools, Dems play politics
(Maureen Ferguson, Real Clear Politics)
Health organization: Nicaragua won’t allow hospital access
(Associated Press)
Nicaragua closes Costa Rica border to protest virus testing
(Gabriela Selser and Javier Cordoba, Associated Press)
Trump presses for reopening of houses of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump’s urging stokes furor in debate over in-person worship
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Friday prayers resume in Gaza despite new virus fears
(Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
6th Circuit sides with Kentucky church in first COVID-19 religious liberty case to reach federal appeals court
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The four charts that show the UK is beating coronavirus
(Dominic Gilbert and Ashley Kirk, The Telegraph)
Religion and mental health in the age of covid-19 (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Jeff Levin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Italy: Study shows increase in prayer, religious fervor amid pandemic
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New podcast: The Atlantic needed to interview some evangelical leaders about QAnon heresy
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Xi’s Regime Recasts China as the Good Samaritan during Pandemic
(Alan Dowd, Providence)
Trump demands governors allow churches to open
(Jessie Hellmann, The Hill)
Trump declares places of worship ‘essential,’ setting up standoff with governors
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Why the Justice Department is backing this small Virginia church in the country's reopening debate
(Tessa Berenson, TIME)
Minnesota churches vow to violate the law
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
Covid-19 cuts into business of religion in India
(Sumit Sharma, Asia Times)
Muslim World celebrations in the uncertain times Of COVID-19 – Analysis
(Dr. Mohamed Chtatou, Eurasia Review)
The media's double standard on states' different approaches to COVID-19
(Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Anatomy of lies: Russia’s covid-19 outbreak is far worse than the Kremlin admits
(The Economist)
Oxford Statement on the International Law protections against cyber operations targeting the health care sector
(Dapo Akande, Duncan Hollis, Harold Hongju Koh and James O'Brien, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Chronicle of a pandemic foretold: Learning from the COVID-19 gailure—before the next outbreak arrives
(Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker, Foreign Affairs)
Muslims prepare for Eid al-Fitr in the age of COVID-19
(Benar News)
Thursday, 21 May 2020
COVID-19: How UAE is to celebrate Eid Al Fitr 2020
(Dona Cherian, Gulf News)
With mosques closed, NYC Muslims find new ways to observe Ramadan
(Samira Sadeque, Al Jazeera)
Eid 2020: The do’s and dont’s of celebrating Eid Al Fitr during the Covid-19 pandemic
(Yousra Zaki, Gulf News)
Freedom of religion at stake in the context of fighting against Covid-19
(Fr. Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE, The Catholic Church in the European Union)
Coronavirus battleground shifts to Latin America: Live updates
(Al Jazeera)
WHO reports record number of new daily coronavirus cases
(Al Jazeera)
There's good news for COVID-era church leaders amid all that familiar bad news
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
‘Slum bishop’ of Buenos Aires says pandemic exposes pre-existing injustice
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
WEBINAR, 21 May 2020 (3 pm CEST / 9 am EDT): COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series || EPISODE 7: Business, Religion, Economics
(Cole Durham, Brian Grim, Azza Karam, Jeffrey Franks)
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Religious leaders, organisations in India urge Muslims to observe Eid at home
(Mahtab Alam, The Wire)
A reference to the ICJ for an Advisory Opinion over COVID-19 pandemic
(Sandrine De Herdt, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
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)
Religious Freedom in Spain during coronavirus pandemic: On the Abuses Committed by Spanish Public Authorities in the Implementation of Emergency Legislation against COVID-19 that Undermine Religious Freedom
(Dr. Jose Luis Bazan, Workind Paper)
Fraternity. A Proposal from Religions to States to Overcome the Covid-19 Emergency
(Maria Luisa Lo Giacco, DIRESOM Papers)
Guidance on construction work in churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
As COVID-19 spreads in ICE detention, oversight is more critical than ever
(John Hudak and Christine Stenglein, Brookings)
Social distancing in Black and white neighborhoods in Detroit: A data-driven look at vulnerable communities
(Makada Henry-Nickie and John Hudak, Brookings)
What can be done to protect front-line communities from COVID-19?
(John Hudak and Makada Henry-Nickie, Brookings)
First Presidency provides guidelines for safely returning to Church meetings and activities
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
White evangelicals among groups with slipping confidence in Trump’s handling of COVID-19
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
How Americans’ ‘tell it like it is’ attitude renders us vulnerable to conspiracy theories
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)
American Catholics, meet the Communion service
(Thomas Reese SJ, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Responding to COVID-19 is a marathon, not a sprint
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US Christians
(David Crary, Religion News Service)
More young adults are leaving religion, but that’s not the whole story, say researchers
(Jana Riess, RNS Column: Flunking Sainthood)
A 24-hour online vigil will name some of the people who have died of COVID-19
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
How do Buddhists handle coronavirus? The answer is not just meditation
(Pierce Salguero, Religion News Service Opinion)
Reform Jewish umbrella group cuts staff by 20% due to COVID-19
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Poll: US believers see message of change from God in virus
(Elana Schor, Religion News Service)
US health officials quietly release more reopening guidance
(Mike Stobbe, Associated Press)
Clergy, scientists grapple with thoughts of worship without congregational singing
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Four young people of different faiths move into a home together, then a pandemic happens
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
COVID-19 delayed a United Methodist schism. But it has left LGBT members in limbo
(Nathan Romo, Religion News Service)
'Horrifying surge' in lockdown domestic violence as 'silent crisis' explodes
(RNS Press Release Distribution Service, Religion News Service)
Daily Highlight #64: What Do We Know About Online Religious Practice and How the COVID-19 Crisis Is Reshaping It?
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Distancing Religion online: Lessons from the pandemic prompted religious move online
(Heidi A. Campbell, Contending Modernities, University of Notre Dame)
DOJ says California is discriminating against places of worship in reopening plan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Department warns California coronavirus rules may violate religious freedoms
(Matthew Ormseth, Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times)
New York opens the door to small religious gatherings
(Karen Matthews, Marina Villeneuve And Michael Hill, Associated Press)
Masses in Italy are a go, but other sacraments still suffer restrictions
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic doctors say churches essential, offer ‘road map’ to safely reopen
(Pablo Kay, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How religious leaders cope with COVID-19 (video from Cologne)
(Deutsche Welle)
Joy, fear and sorrow mix for Italian Jews returning to synagogue
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Moldovan Orthodox Church says Bill Gates, 5G dangerous for mankind
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious fundamentalists are making the pandemic worse
(Juan Cole, The Nation)
Praying in time of COVID-19: How world's largest mosques adapted
(Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera)
Two Southern churches forced to reclose after leaders, congregants get coronavirus
(Aris Folley, The Hill)
The masked Samaritan
(Brian Kaylor, Word & Way)
Coronavirus: French court orders ban on worship to end
(BBC News)
French government ordered to lift coronavirus lockdown ban on religious meetings
(France 24)
Days after yeshiva raid, New York police disperse crowd at Brooklyn synagogue
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter is getting ready to reopen, but some wonder if it will ever be the same
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Orthodox leaders press for reopening guidance as parents say ‘underground yeshivas’ are already holding classes
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
When religion sided with science: Medieval lessons for surviving COVID-19
(Phillip I. Lieberman, The Conversation)
Daily Highlight #63 | Gauging Levels and Directions in How Institutions Inspired by Faith Are Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Oregon trial court enjoins enforcement of state's covid-19 orders in suit by churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
France's Council of State orders lifting of COVID-19 ban on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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)
Nigerian religious leaders demand lifting of COVID-19 lockdown
(Cristina Krippahl, Deutsche Welle)
Conspiracy theories, COVID-19 and Christian faith
(Karen Booth, Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)
Conseil d’État orders easing of French ban on public worship
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New York churches open COVID-19 testing sites in push to reach minority communities
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post)
Quebec ponders making masks mandatory after banning the veil
(Tracey Lindeman, The Guardian)
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus
(Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post)
Monday, 18 May 2020
Religion Photos of the Week - 16 May 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
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