Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
One year later, Britain remembers 72 killed in fire and faith groups’ response
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Something for Trump’s new faith-based office to do
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Abuse of immigrant children: a state-sanctioned crime in America?
(Brian D. McLaren, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court denies breakaway Episcopal group control of its churches
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
Amid a #MeToo culture, Southern Baptists mull ways to increase women’s roles
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Analysis: Devastating fire changed the way Britain views Muslims
(Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service)
Football while fasting: life in the Ramadan Midnight League
(Nick Miller, The Guardian)
Ramadan and the challenge of fasting for Muslim WCup players
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)
Judge orders Washington prison to provide Ramadan meals
(Gene Johnson, Associated Press)
The business of Ramadan: Religion and capital converge in the UAE
(Adrian Lydon and Tom Page, CNN)
In sleep-deprived America, Ramadan offers an extra challenge for insomniacs
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
High demand for symbols drive 'Islamic' black market
(Achmad Munjid, Jakarta Post)
Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
(Conrad Hackett and Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Committed believers combine faith and politics
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)
Prof warns of ‘theocratization’ of Constitution by conservatives
(Matthew Penza, Campus Reform)
Recognizing religious freedom as an LGBT issue
(Ryan Thoreson, The Hill)
Religious statue moved in France after unholy row in Breton town
(The Local France)
Varadkar: Stop trying to turn religious people into pariahs
(Kevin Doyle, Independent)
Jehovah's Witnesses support their own
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Assessment of religious conversions as genuine or asylum-motivated dismissed as naïve
(World Watch Monitor)
World is praying for peace on Korean Peninsula - over to Trump and Kim
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Papal diplomat says U.S.-North Korea summit brings hope for peace
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
North Koreans ‘betrayed’ by human rights omission in Trump-Kim agreement
(World Watch Monitor)
For many South Korean Christians, reunification is a religious goal
(Diane Winstson, Religion News Service)
Madagascar’s cardinal-designate works quietly for improvements for poor
(Bronwen Dachs, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gay Pride parades split Catholics across Europe
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
School accepts teacher’s resignation over transgender policy
(Associated Press)
NC town to church: You’re not welcome here
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Church sues, surprised by zoning law change
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rhodes, “The Debasement of Human Rights”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Religious liberty in Virginia
(Zoey Maraist, The Arlington Catholic Herald)
Religious heads reject same sex marriage: ‘God made Adam and Eve’
(Shaliza Hassanali, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian)
China at a religious freedom low
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
What to expect when the U.S. bishops meet in Florida this week
(Christopher White, Crux)
Judge grants injunction to attorney trying to prevent firing of LU softball coaches
(KFDM)
Kentucky Board of Education approves public school standards for Bible literacy courses
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
In Israel, Indonesian Muslim leader risks backlash at home
(Caron Creighton, Associated Press)
At huge Dallas meeting, Southern Baptists will vote on women, abuse, race and immigration
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Journalists exploring U.S. evangelicals’ political impact also need to look overseas
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Divine victory: the role of Christianity in Roman military conquests
(Peter Heather, OUPblog | Religion)
Asbestos in pipe organs
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Lessons from Independent Reviewer’s report on Sheffield
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
No overbroad suppression of extremist opinions and ‘hate speech’
(Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers)
Sadr welcomes return of Iraqi Jews
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wrong to eat at Chick-fil-A due to 'their background', Twitter CEO says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Twitter CEO attacked for tweeting about Chick-fil-A
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Religious freedom and the fugitive slave act: Defying unjust laws
(Eric Metaxas, Anne Morse, Christian Headlines)
Vatican-backed family rally to have speech on welcoming gays
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Why I will miss Charles Krauthammer
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Omid Safi’s ‘Radical Love’ recenters Sufi poetry within Islam
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Georgia church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over racial discrimination charges
(Holly Meyer, Religion News Service)
I visited the Rohingya camps in Myanmar, and here is what I saw
(Cresa Pugh, Religion News Service)
Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand religious behavior
(Wesley Wildman, Religion News Service)
Why religions of the world condemn suicide
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)
EVENT, 12 June 2018: Beth Crisp - Spirituality and religion: Sustaining individuals and communities or replicating colonisation?
((scroll down), Goldsmiths University of London - Faith and Civil Society Unit)
Evangelicals in Geneva appeal against new laicism law
(Evangelical Focus)
Vatican stalls German bishops’ plan to give Protestants Communion
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)
Was a Colorado Christian activist the unsung hero of the Jack Phillips Supreme Court victory?
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Jim Obergefell, marriage equality plaintiff: Religion is being weaponized against us
(Jim Obergefell, Advocate)
Monday, 11 June 2018
Vatican document hints at new debate over married clergy
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Why the Masterpiece ruling is truly a major win for religious liberty
(John C. Eastman, The Federalist)
Masterpiece Cakeshop: A precursor of battles to come
(Zachary T. Reynolds, Real Clear Religion)
Here's what the court didn't decide in Masterpiece
(Patrick Hornbeck, Religion Dispatches)
SCOTUS's incoherent Masterpiece Cakeshop decision
(Daniel Schultz, Religion Dispatches)
Indiana Republicans are debating gay marriage... amongst themselves
(Daniel Sillman, Religion Dispatches)
Priest finds €36,000 stashed in confessional box at Rome church
(Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian)
Victorian pews sold off in battle for the heart of Bath Abbey
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Chile sexual abuse scandal: pope accepts resignations of bishops
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Pope Francis tells oil bosses world must reduce fossil fuel use
(Reuters in Vatican City, The Guardian)
Earth to planet Catholic: Francis Papacy is no picnic
(Mary E. Hunt, Religion Dispatches)
NSW to change laws to allow child abuse survivors to sue churches
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
Grenfell one year on: the mosque manager who took in survivors
(Kate Kellaway, The Guardian)
Denmark swings right on immigration – and Muslims feel besieged
(Richard Orange, The Guardian)
Hospice staff ‘trained to report dying patients as part of terror strategy’
(Diane Taylor, The Guardian)
Highly skilled migrants still face deportation despite Javid promise
(Amelia Hill, The Guardian)
Anthony Bourdain offered a refreshing look at religion and faith
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Trans-woman suing beauty spa for refusing to wax her legs
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Crossfit fired their spokesman, a Christian pastor, for anti-LGBTQ pride tweets
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
First turban wearing Sikh in British army is proud of tradition
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Forgotten religion Kosmon finds resurgence in modern era
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
This Jewish synagogue became a safe haven to people of any faith
(Georgia Gleoudi, World Religion News)
US missionary, captive for 20 months, is alive, reports Niger’s president
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Convert in Sweden tells of ‘nightmares every night’ amid fears of deportation and Iranian jail
(World Watch Monitor)
Burkina Faso: Kidnappers release pastor and his family after four days
(World Watch Monitor)
‘Christianity in Syria is under threat from forces the West is supporting’
(World Watch Monitor)
How much freedom do Egypt's female preachers really have?
(Amr Eltohamy, Al-Monitor)
Mike Pence to address National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast & Conference
(Greta Anderson, Al Día)
Religion and politics in Kyrgyzstan: A study of Chubak Aji’s sympathizers – analysis
(Cholpon Kainazarova, Eurasia Review)
Democracy the antidote against IS: M.J. Akbar
(The Hindu)
Ethnicity vs religious identity: What does being a Muslim actually mean?
(Khaled Diab, The New Arab)
Pioneering interreligious relations
(Maayan Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
The world needs more ethics says Nigerian academic-priest at international higher education conference
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
What religion gives us (that science can’t)
(Stephen T. Asma, The New York Times)
Quicken Loans makes it kosher for Orthodox Jews to take out a mortgage
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US Supreme Court won’t hear S Carolina Episcopal church case
(Associated Press)
Priest fatally shot at altar of Philippine Catholic church
(Associated Press)
Could the Church take a risk? Thinking about abortion after Ireland
(Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal)
Extremist attacks rise in energy-rich province in Mozambique
(Christopher Torchia, Associated Press)
Arkansas judge seeks to dismiss complaint over demonstration
(Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press)
Remains of archbishop known for TV preaching can be moved
(Associated Press)
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