Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Church of England updates Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance – 5 March
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity closes over Covid-19 fears ahead of Easter
(Jewish News)
Faith-fueled satellite TV combats coronavirus ‘wave of fear’
(Press Release, Religion News Service)
How we respond to coronavirus outbreaks may depend on what we want from religion
(Jamie Aten, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Fleeing coronavirus and finding our mortality
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)
Worship in the age of coronavirus: Prayer, elbow bumps, hand sanitizer
(Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith, The New York Times)
Tajik believers encouraged to refrain from collective prayers over coronavirus
(Interfax-Religion)
In photos: Balinese Hindus perform purification ritual amid pandemic
(Agoes Rudianto, Religion Unplugged)
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Church issues new Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 2 March 2020
Infectious religion: Religion and its surprising-but-not-unprecedented role in the spread of the coronavirus
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
South Korea: Coronavirus and Shincheonji: Stopping the Witch Hunt – Urgent Appeal from Human Rights Groups
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Saturday, 29 February 2020
Cults and conservatives spread coronavirus in South Korea
(S. Nathan Park, Foreign Policy)
US Chinese churches on the front lines of coronavirus vigilance
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Monday, 24 February 2020
Religious groups in China step Into the coronavirus crisis
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Philippine bishops release additional guidelines to fight coronavirus
(Ryan Harms, Catholic News Service)
Worship in a time of coronavirus: Chinese churches in U.S. fight fears
(Rebecca Tan, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Hundreds gather at Western Wall to pray for China, end to coronavirus
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Sunday, 16 February 2020
Religion and politics, Klobuchar, coronavirus and the Eucharist, polygamy, faith-based treatment of vets, no to married priests, state of the church survey
(World Religion News)
Friday, 14 February 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – latest news
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 10 February 2020
Diocese of London advice on coronavirus
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 3 February 2020
China’s embassy in Israel apologizes for comparing coronavirus concerns to the Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
As coronavirus spreads, churches outside China take preventive measures
(Catholic News Service)
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