Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 9 July 2018
The Crossway by Guy Stagg review – a 3,400-mile walk to Jerusalem
(Blake Morrison, The Guardian)
Church of England ombudsman to oversee sexual abuse cases
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
5 faith facts on Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Look at art for the deep connection between Europe and Islam
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)
Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of 'entitlement' in hijab row
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)
Episcopal Book of Prayers may have gender-neutral language... in 2030
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
British Prince Louis' christening captivates world
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Scott Pruitt's battle to bring more religion into the EPA has come to an end
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Italian Catholic priests go to war with Salvini over immigration
(Angela Guiffrida and Lorenzo Tondo, The Guardian)
Buhari renews pledge to protect Nigerians as killings continue
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Witnesses await church sex abuse report with hope for change
(Marc Levy, Religion News Service)
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
How I caused an earthquake in Israel
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Israeli centrist leader changes course on ultra-Orthodox draft law
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Who are Catholic charismatics and what’s a covenant community?
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service: The 'Splainer)
The humbling of the atheists: How religion survived the progress of science
(Joseph Brean, National Post)
Pope Francis teaches discernment for coping with spiritual battles
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
LGBT rights not connected to religion, says DAP MP
(Jerry Choong, Malay Mail)
General Synod debate – nuclear disarmament (Chruch of England Press Release)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Saudi bid to protect pre-Islamic sites upends religious dictates
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Imran Khan criticised for defence of Pakistan blasphemy laws
(Memphis Barker, The Guardian)
Protecting citizens against state-sponsored religion: An interview with the American Humanist Association
(World Religion News)
Liberal MP Tim Wilson warns on unintended consequences of religious freedom law
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Clash between Duterte and Catholic Church in Philippines intensifies
(Jake Maxwell Watts, The Wall Street Journal)
Bishops call for 3-day fasting after Duterte says God stupid
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
The church brutalised Ireland. People have a right to protest against the pope’s visit
(Emer O'Toole, The Guardian)
Zimbabweans go to first polls since 1980 without Mugabe, with church leaders working for better times
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
July 8: Supreme Court shortlist
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
When profiling ADF's Kristin Waggoner, why not include facts about her Pentecostal roots?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Netanyahu's nation-state bill harms diaspora in deal with ultra-orthodox
(Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
First female Jehovah's Witness in Russia locked up
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
The rise of Iraq's young secularists
(Alice Su, The Atlantic)
There is nothing nefarious about conservative Christians influencing the judiciary
(David French, National Review)
UNESCO recognizes ancient Stone Age temple in Turkey
(Giuseppe Mancini, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
This is not a generic prayer story: A flooded cave, 12 Thai boys and a former Buddhist monk
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The vast universe of religious accomodation (Responding to: Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports)
(Mark Storslee, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The fate of the parish: Religion and government in the Chesapeake, 1720-1820 (Responding to: Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports)
(Alyssa Penick, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The double-bind situation of Muslim spokepersons in minority contexts (Responding to: Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports)
(Margot Dazey, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The cost of free religion: Religious and economic liberties in the Great Awakening (Responding to: Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports)
(Erik Nordbye, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Islam and Europe: The role and impact of a Muslim convert community (Responding to: Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports)
(Lulie El-Ashry, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith in conquest: Colonialism and Catholic conversion in Goa (Responding to: Religious freedom research project Summer 2018 Fellowship reports)
(Aditi Rajeev Shirodkar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Nebraska Catholic bishops oppose execution of death-row inmate
(Joe Ruff, Catholic News Service)
Belgian ethicist says euthanasia has become ‘sacralized’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church and government in Congo still at loggerheads ahead of elections
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Argentina’s top bishop says abortion is ‘not a right, but a tragedy’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop criticizes priests who attended Trump rally as VIPs
(Associated Press)
Government allies rough up priests at Nicaragua church siege
(Associated Press)
Canadian court rules in favor of polyamorous parents
(The Cabin)
Canadian court says polyamorus trio can all be listed as child's parents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge dismisses Cannabis Church's case defending weed as religious sacrament
(Morgan Gstalter, The Hill)
Indiana court rejects RFRA exemption for sacramental marijuana use
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Boston sued for censoring Christian flag
(Liberty Counsel)
Boston sued over refusal to allow Christian flag on public flag pole
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim group's challenge to landmark designation dismissed on ripeness grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Marriage-equality resolutions get long airing during committee hearings
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)
Flipping out, marriage, and surrogacy
(John Stonestreet and Stan Guthrie, The Christian Post)
US church youth groups returning home after being stuck in Haiti amid violent riots
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Trump administration draws criticism for opposing breastfeeding resolution
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
A giant of Vatican diplomacy: Jean-Louis Tauran opposed the Gulf war and mended fences with Islam
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The morality of Mister Rogers
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Fred Rogers and the loveliness of the little good
(David Brooks, The New York Times Opinion)
Full-page pro-immigrant ad in The New York Times
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Why do so many 'woke' activists on cultural left know little or nothing about religion?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Sunday, 8 July 2018
Law and religion round-up – 8th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US church groups stranded by Haiti disturbances
(Associated Press)
EVENT, 8-12 July 2018: 5th CEC Summer School on Human Rights
(Malaga, Spain, Conference of European Churches)
Synod supports NIB engagement on climate change (Church of England Press Release)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 7 July 2018
Action on IICSA themes backed by General Synod (Church of England Press Release)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Leicester City Council and criticism of Israel: R (Jewish Rights Watch)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Many look to Buddhism for sanctuary from an over-connected world
(Jerome Socolovsky, NPR)
Are standard theories about the decline of religion in United States crumbling?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Commentary: Mormons or Trumpites? We can’t be both
(Addison Graham, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Pope warns climate change turning Earth into desert, garbage
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Pope thanks groups that rescue migrants in EU critique
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Pope condemns ‘complicit silence’ in suffering of Middle East Christians
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How soccer and religion fight it out for the hearts of Africans
(Quartz Africa)
Targeting Judge Amy Coney Barrett exposes the left's anti-religious bias
(Erin Hawley and Jennifer C. Braceras, The Hill)
Amy Barrett has the right idea
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Religion, the Supreme Court, and why it matters
(Sarah McCammon and Domenico Montanaro, National Public Radio)
Judge dismisses Cannabis Church's case that cited RFRA to defend pot as a sacrament
(Mark Alesia, Indianapolis Star)
Religious liberty becomes a main focus for conservatives in Supreme Court nomination
(Amy Goldstein, The Washington Post)
Ukraine and Christianity: Ukraine wants a national church that is not beholden to Moscow
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Protesters break into Etchmiadzin Monastery, demand resignation of Armenian catholicos
(Interfax-Religion)
Pro-Russian rebel governments in Ukraine suppress non-Orthodox religions
(Institute of Religious Liberty, Russia Religion News)
God on the border
(Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post)
Zurich Jewish school to close after failing to meet standards for secular subjects
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Britain to lead review of incitement in Palestinian textbooks
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Germany boosts funding to Jewish community to fight anti-Semitism
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'That's your enemy': Why Republicans and Democrats rarely work together on religious freedom bills
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Pennsylvania court to hear objections to church abuse report
(Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy, Associated Press)
USCCB president says Roe should not be litmus test for judicial nominees
(Catholic News Service)
Does faith get a yellow card at the FIFA World Cup?
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Pro-lifers rally in Belfast to keep Northern Ireland abortion-free
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BYU religious freedom conference showcased important dialogue from diverse interests
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pope sends top diplomat to Congo amid standoff with Kabila
(Associated Press)
Town sued over denial of religious group’s expansion plans
(David Porter, Associated Press)
Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
(Associated Press)
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
(Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)
Armenian church displays significant relic amid tensions
(Associated Press)
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