Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 17 September 2018
The faith of Ronald Reagan
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
From Thomas to Kavanaugh, what hasn’t changed about sexual misconduct charges
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
As Cuba backs gay marriage, churches oppose the government’s plan
(Maria Isabel Alfonso, Religion News Service)
Fear of Ebola keeps the faithful at home in Congo
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
The many meanings of freedom: A sobering look at Islam and human-rights discourse
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (summary and chapter-by-chapter links)
(Edited by H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic Council: Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East)
The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (pdf download)
(Edited by H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic Council: Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East)
Rule of law in Hungary: Parliament calls on the EU to act
(Press Room, European Parliament News)
EU acts against Hungary, citing academic freedom
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)
Organ preservation, cryonics and charity law: Hipkiss
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
LECTURE, 17 September 2018: The common good – Does it amount to a political programme?
(Oliver O'Donovan, Elliston Chapel, Baylor University)
Pakistani court sentences man to death for blasphemy
(Associated Press)
New church schism in Ukraine will be more dangerous than NATO expansion - expert
(Interfax Religion)
EVENT, 17 September 2018: "Religious Liberty and the Culture War Over LGBT Rights: Can University Students Make a Difference?
(ToleranceMeans Dialogue, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL)
Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
(World Watch Monitor)
Archbishop McCarrick’s unofficial role in Vatican-China relations
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 16 September 2018
Law and religion round-up – 16th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENTS, from 17 September 2018: The Fourth Biennial Colloquium in Law and Religion
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, Center for Law & Religion, St. John's University)
Saturday, 15 September 2018
China and Vatican to sign landmark deal over bishops
(Francis X. Rocca in Rome and Eva Dou in Beijing, The Wall Street Journal)
Chinese government proposes law restricting religion online
(VOA)
China bulldozing churches and replacing holy imagery with Communist in religious crackdown
(South China Morning Post)
With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to put state stamp on faith
(Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)
Haredi MKs vow to prevent recognition of private conversion
(Kobi Nachshoni, Y Net News)
City fighting Christian art studio’s refusal to serve gays
(Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services)
At Miller Center, Kaine discusses religion in public life
(Melissa Castro, The Daily Progress)
Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople over Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Moldovan president proposes outlawing gay prides
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian church rebuffs Orthodoxy’s leader after Ukraine move
(Vladimir Isachenkov and Jim Heintz, Associated Press)
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with apostolic nuncio to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Leader of Pskov Jehovah's Witnesses awaits trial
(Liudmila Savitskaia, MBKhMedia)
Israeli man already in jail for refusing to divorce wife facing more prison time for same
(Ari Feldman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Judge rules against faith-based agency in landmark case over LGBT rights and religious liberty
(Gillian Friedman, Deseret News Faith)
President tells Catholic bishops there are no plans to ‘Islamize’ Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope’s Sicily visit today to focus on crime, corruption and racism
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Louisiana’s Bossier school board halts settlement talks, will litigate church-state claims
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims
(Associated Press)
$1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute
(James Anderson, Associated Press)
Iraqi lawmakers elect Sunni Arab as parliament speaker
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
At least 9 killed in extremist attacks in Burkina Faso
(Associated Press)
Sikh group to Department of Education: Treat our religion as an ethnicity, too
(Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post)
Sikhs ask DOE for Title VI coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Women’s shelter challenges Anchorage’s non-discrimination law
(Jill Burke, KTUU News)
Alaska Christian women's shelter challenges requirement it serve transgender women
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russian law enforcement targets Jehovah's Witnesses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sahoo, “Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion India”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Consultation on divorce announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Uzbekistan: Secret Supreme Court hearing rejects appeal
(Forum 18 News Service)
Friday, 14 September 2018
Child sexual abuse, safeguarding failures and mandatory reporting
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: Additional Institutions
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Sorry, Chelsea Clinton, research does not show abortion is economically beneficial to women
(Michael J. New, The Christian Post)
Chelsea Clinton: 'As as deeply religious person,' banning abortions 'is unchristian to me'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Christian blogger under police watch after receiving death threats for pro-life tweet
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Since 2016 Hamas has used 17,000 children in war against Israel
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Cars, laptops and a ranch: how Brazil bishop allegedly misused church funds
(Dom Phillips, The Guardian)
God aside, for whom does Justin Welby speak?
(Simon Jenkins, The Guardian)
Justin Welby under fire over C of E's zero-hours contracts
(Nazia Parveen, The Guardian)
Justin Welby is an irrelevance leading his flock into the wilderness
(Peter Stanford, The Guardian)
Attacks against Copts ‘among deadliest acts of religious persecution’ – report
(World Watch Monitor)
Pope Francis calls a meeting on clerical sexual abuse
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Dalai Lama will meet with survivors of Buddhist teacher sexual abuse
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Televangelist Pat Robertson casts' shield fo protection' against Hurricane Florence
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Abuse scandal hits diocese of cardinal set to meet with pope
(Nomaan Merchant, Religion News Service)
Pressing pope to accept his resignation, Cardinal Wuerl does the right thing
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
#MeToo is an American Yom Kippur
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
Pope OKs probe into West Virginia bishop as he meets with US delegation
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Will Graham: It’s ‘daunting’ to portray his famous granddad in ‘Unbroken’ sequel
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
‘Connecting the dots’ between faith and climate change
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Hungary sanctions: don’t expect Viktor Orbán to back down after parliament vote
(Umut Korkut, The Conversation)
EVENT, 14 September 2018: Religion and the Administrative State Public Policy Conference
(George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School)
The Guardian view on Xinjiang: China’s secret camps are at last in the spotlight
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Study shows almost half of all Americans don't care about a candidate's religion
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Thursday, 13 September 2018
Russia: Criminal investigations of 69 Jehovah's Witnesses - list
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russia: Criminal investigations of 69 Jehovah's Witnesses
(Forum 18 News Service)
More answers to readers’ comments and queries – August and September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pope meets with leaders of US Catholic Church 'lacerated' by abuse scandal
(Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN)
Catholic lawmakers call on church to reform amid sex-abuse scandals
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Chile authorities raid 4 dioceses in clerical abuse probe
(Eva Vergara, Associated Press)
Teacher lacks standing to challenge contraceptive mandate exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In first, Court forces Israel to recognize Jewish conversion of woman by private rabbinical court
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Putin wants God (or at least the church) on his side
(Christopher Stroop, Foreign Policy)
Israeli court orders recognition of conversion performed outside of official rabbinate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit charges Catholic Church with defamation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tajik officials, activists scuffle at OSCE meeting In Warsaw
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
The Russian Orthodox Church urges UOC believers to unite around Metropolitan Onufry
(Interfax Religion)
Constantinople's actions can result in a schism in Orthodoxy, exceeding the Great Schism of 1054, Russian church official says
(Interfax Religion)
Situation surrounding Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kiev is state's brutal interference in Church affairs - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax Religion)
When God wasn't so great: What Yahweh's first appearance tells about early Judaism
(Ariel David, Haaretz)
Fall in Christian refugee admissions ‘suggests Trump has no real interest in religious persecution’
(World Watch Monitor)
Why Iran is battling US at International Court of Justice
(Makram Najmuddine, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang face 'political indoctrination': Human Rights Watch
(Reuters)
Bangladesh says it won't assimilate Rohingya Muslims
(Reuters)
Romania moves closer to banning same-sex marriage after 'overwhelming vote'
(Zamira Rahim, The Independent)
Where Australian states are up to in decriminalising abortion
(Erica Millar, The Conversation)
Abbas says OK to demilitarized Palestinian state
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Closure of large church in Beijing deepens shadow on religious freedom in China
(Morning Star News)
More than 30,000 Syrians displaced in latest offensive
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Report reveals 3.677 sex abuse cases in Catholic church in Germany
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
School reinstates paddling, sparking debate about punishment, parenting, and the Bible
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Small business optimism index highest its ever been
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Are they burning the Bible in China?
(Jerry Newcombe, Christian Headlines)
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