Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 7 May 2020
Pandemic piety
(William B. Lawrence, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
You might have the right to gather, but you can choose otherwise
(Benjamin Marcus, Freedom Forum Institute)
Church's challenge to California stay-at-home orders is rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches sue Michigan governor over COVID-19 orders despite their exemption from penalties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches sue Whitmer, claim coronavirus orders hinder religious gatherings despite exceptions
(Gus Burns, M Live)
Kentucky governor sued by church and state AG over covid-19 restrictions on services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nicholasville church files lawsuit against Beshear over in-person services
(WKYT News)
Church sues Maine governor over COVID-19 restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orrington church sues Janet Mills over order barring in-person worship services
(Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News)
Italy to soon celebrate first public masses since coronavirus outbreak
(Melissa Butz, New Evangelization Television TV)
10 arrested in Argentina for clandestine Mass violating corona-lockdown rules
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop warns police against ‘heavy-handedness’ in enforcing lockdown measures in UK
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders in England decry racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Beyond the public gatherings debate: religious freedom during covid-19
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)
Muslim doctors fight COVID-19 — and Islamophobia — on the front lines
(Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post)
Public Masses in Italy to resume May 18, ending bitter Church-state rift
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Under this doctor’s care, most COVID-19 patients are recovering. Here’s his unusual approach.
(Kevin Pham, The Daily Signal)
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
COVID-19 restrictions & (re)definition of gender roles in Nigeria
(Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo, Institute for African Women in Law)
Learning lessons the hard way – Article 2 duties to investigate the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
(Paul Bowen QC, UK Human Rights Blog)
Grateful Irish honour their Famine debt to Choctaw tribe
(Independent.ie)
Indiscriminate Covid-19 location tracking (Part II): Can pandemic-related derogations be an opportunity to circumvent Strasbourg’s scrutiny?
(Ilia Siatitsa and Ioannis Kouvakas, Strasbourg Observers)
Indiscriminate Covid-19 location tracking (Part I): Necessary in a democratic society?
(Ilia Siatitsa and Ioannis Kouvakas, Strasbourg Observers)
When will worship places open again? The cases of Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland
(Joel Foster, Evangelical Focus Europe)
DOJ sides with Virginia church in lawsuit over governor’s coronavirus orders
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post)
Opinion: Share your stimulus check with refugees in Houston
(Rt. Rev C Andrew Doyle, Rabbi Oren J. Hayon, Sheikh Joe Bradford, and Venerable Hung-I, Houston Chronicle)
Few Americans say their house of worship is open, but a quarter say their faith has grown amid pandemic
(Claire Gecewicz, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
U.S. district judge rules Pritzker’s stay-at-home order constitutional
(Ben Pope, Chicago Sun Times)
BJC, others press Congress to prohibit discrimination in future COVID-19 response legislation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Catholic groups urge Congress to concentrate on poor, marginalized during pandemic
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
To balance public health and religious freedom, we need something better than Bill de Blasio’s dumb tweets
(Michael A. Helfand, Tablet)
A theologian government minister in Frace
(Society of St. Pius X)
Model of humanitarian aid for persecuted Christians must change, experts say
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bringing my whole self to work: A Catholic perspective
(Laura DeMaria, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Nuns vs. the Coronavirus
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Scientific research on the coronavirus is being released in a torrent. Will that change how science is published?
(The Economist)
For microfinance lenders, covid-19 is an existential threat. Yet, in the post-pandemic world, the world’s poor will need them more than ever
(The Economist)
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
Colorado: Religious nonprofits in 'evangelical mecca' face unprecedented challenges
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
What is the 'pro-life' choice in deciding whether to reopen America?
(Richard Ostling, Religion Unplugged)
How an evil virus points to the crushing weight of the Fall ... and also to the glorious hope of the Resurrection
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Covid-19 denial diarist
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
Coronavirus: New York, March 25
(R.R. Reno, First Things)
South African court upholds covid-19 ban over objections of mosque and its imams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why the court ruled that the ban on religious gatherings is not unconstitutional
(Tanveer Jeewa, Ground Up)
Trump on COVID-19 restrictions on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News virtual town hall (regarding covid-19 restrictions)
(The White House)
Rome's parks buzz as Italy eases COVID-19 restrictions, with Masses coming soon
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Bishops back phased approach to church access
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Sacraments in age of social distancing: How will bishops walk that church-state tightrope?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Australian Catholic leaders join appeal to protect migrants during COVID-19 crisis
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A ‘breakdown of trust’: pandemic corrodes church-state ties in Russia
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)
Religious liberty means COVID-19 restrictions cannot target churchgoers
(Tony Perkins, Religion News Service Opinion)
Why religious freedom stokes coronavirus protests in the U.S., but not Canada
(Pamela E. Klassen, The Conversation, phys.org)
Monday, 4 May 2020
A quarter of Americans, and a majority of black Protestants, say their religious faith has deepened because of the coronavirus
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
6th Circuit allows drive-in church services while appeal is pending
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rules for church against KY governor
(Liberty Counsel)
Pastors challenge Maryland's COVID-19 limits on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Priest sues challenging New Jersey COVID-19 order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NJ priest suing Gov over pandemic order as ‘unconstitutional’
(New Jersey 101.5)
Court rejects challenge to Illinois 10-person limit on religious services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge: stay-at-home order doesn’t violate religious rights
(Amanda Vinicky, WTTW News)
DOJ files statement of interest supporting church's challenge to Virginia's COVID-19 restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Department of Justice files statement of interest in support of church that ministers to underserved communities
(U.S. Department of Justice)
How a network of activists are helping women get abortions in Argentina during coronavirus lockdown
(Ciara Nugent, TIME)
Chinese government resumes removal of crosses from church buildings
(Catholic News Agency)
Court weighs in on applying mass gathering ban to churches
(Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press)
Dutch religious leaders prepare for ‘one-and-a-half-meter church’
(Anton de Wit, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Virus fear turns deportees into pariahs at home in Guatemala
(Sonia Pérez D., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Two secular New Yorkers visited the Samaritan's Purse field hospital: One volunteered, that other arrested
(Micah Danney, Religion Unplugged)
Saturday, 2 May 2020
URGENT CALL FOR PAPERS. due 1 May 2010: Law, Religion, State, and Covid-19
(Journal of Law, Religion and State)
COVID-19 Resources and Information
COVID-19 Resources and Information
Friday, 1 May 2020
Headlines about COVID-19
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, ICLRS Headlines)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
CDC Coronavirus Interactive: Current data by state
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Government)
COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance of U.S. COVID-19 Activity
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Government)
COVID-19: Cases, Data, and Surveillance
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Government)
COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series Landing Page
(BYU Law ICLRS, LDS-Europe, CRS, DISPOC, FGV Direito RIo, FBK-ISR)
Respecting democracy, rule of law and human rights in the framework of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis : A toolkit for member states
(The Council of Europe)
Coronavirus WorldOMeter
(updating demographics for COVID-19 worldwide)
Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures
(Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, The European Union)
Religious Responses to COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue)
COVID-19 Special Coverage from Jurist (with University of Pittsburgh)
(Timeline of US legal events, Jurist)
Religion, Law and COVID-19 Emergency (DiReSoM)
Religion, Law and COVID-19 Emergency
(Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies/多元文化社会中的法律与宗教/ القانون والدين في المجتمعات متعددة الثقافات)
Religion, Law and COVID-19 Emergency (Europe subscribers)
(Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali, Derecho y Religión en las Sociedades Multiculturales/ Droit et Religion dans les sociétés multiculturelles/Recht und Religion in Multikulturellen Gesellschaften)
Religions for Peace’s Multi-religious COVID-19 Hub
Law, Religion and Covid-19 Emergency – Ebook, Diresom Papers 1
(Edited by Pierluigi Consorti, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Berkley Center Faith and COVID-19: Resource Repository (Landing Page)
(Katherine Marshall, Olivia Wilkinson, David Robinson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue)
Religions for Peace: Statements in response to COVID-19
(Religions for Peace)
Resources for Faith Communities Responding to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
(Buddhist, Bahá'i, Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, Religions for Peace)
Multi-religious Humanitarian Fund in response to COVID-19 (RfP)
(fund will provide seed money for interreligious projects focusing on serving humanitarian needs, Religions for Peace)
Religions for Peace’s Multi-religious Action on COVID-19
(Religions for Peace)
Daily Highlight #50: Guidance Directed Specifically to Religious Communities and Leaders
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
COVID-19 guidance for religious communities and leaders
(Katherine Marshall and Olivia Wilkinson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious action on COVID-19: Efforts in the field
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Human Rights & COVID-19: Articles and Resources
(Human Rights Watch)
COVID-19 resources from the Observer Research Foundation
(Observer Research Foundation)
COVID-19 articles from Arab News
(Arab News)
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