Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Britain's Prince Charles attends interfaith dialogue with religious leaders and young people
(Joanna Seow, Straits Times)
What British Muslims think about the term ‘British values’
(Lee Jarvis, Eylem Atakav, and Lee Marsden, The Conversation)
EVENT, 31 October 2017: Religious liberty in the Trump era
(Center for American Progress)
Monday, 30 October 2017
Elder Christofferson says safety comes from protecting free speech, freedom of religion
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Nuffield Foundation report calls for no-fault divorce
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Northern Ireland, discrimination and fair employment: Scott
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Hindu nationalists stir up controversy over Taj Mahal
(Julie McCarthy, NPR)
How the dead danced with the living in medieval society
(Ashby Kinch, Religion News Service)
Reconciliation among Christians might be closer than we think
(Mitchell T. Rozanski, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom, not secularism, key to Europe’s future, Vatican official says
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Upholding the International Religious Freedom Act
(Zahava Moerdler, Human Rights First)
Federal judge in D.C. blocks part of Trump’s transgender military ban
(Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post)
Burqas & American blasphemy
(Rand Richards Cooper, Commonweal)
Would the Kingdom of God have nuclear weapons? (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Nicholas Scrimenti, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Sadhana and social justice (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Shilpa Rao, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Reflecting on faith-based peacemaking (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Baasit Bhutta, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Interfaith dialogue and peacebuilding (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Eliane Lakam, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith and campus activism (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Deirdre Jonese Austin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Closed borders, closed minds, and closed hearts (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Casey Hammond, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Annicchino, “Law and International Religious Freedom”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
US State Department criticizes conditions of religious minorities in Egypt; praises new church building law
(Egypt Independent)
Egypt administrative court bans Islam Beheiry and re-runs of his show from satellite TV
(El-Sayed Gamal El-Din, Ahram Online)
Court approves Al-Azhar lawsuit, bans Islam El-Behiery TV show
(Daily News Egypt)
Egyptian court bans TV show that criticizes traditional Sunni doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nothing will stop anti open grazing law ―Benue religious group
(Johnson Babajide, Nigerian Tribune)
Court resolves factional religious split using "neutral principles" approach
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rod Dreher is the combative, oversharing blogger who speaks for today’s beleaguered Christians
(Karen Heller, The Washington Post)
When First Amendment conflicts erupt at U.S. Supreme Court, it's time to ask WWDD?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Repent! (On the Reformation)
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Why can't Christians get along, 500 years after the Reformation
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
500 years after the Reformation began Christianity has come closer, but is still divided.
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)
Three surprising ways the Protestant Reformation shaped our world
(Alec Ryrie, CNN)
Analysis: Nobody listened to Luther at first. That’s why he succeeded.
(Jonathan Kay, The Washington Post)
12 memorable quotes from Martin Luther's 95 theses
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech
(John Naughton, The Guardian)
Martin Luther’s ‘dream’ church? It wasn’t in Europe
(David D. Daniels, Religion News Service)
This week in Christian history: Protestant reformation, CMA founder dies, 'rock of ages' hymnist born
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Latin America and the Caribbean declared ‘Inter-Religious Coexistence Zone’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Mexico's vibrant Muslim community living in the Maya heartland
(Edgard Garrido, The Independent)
Argentina bans abortion in most cases. So why is its abortion rate far higher than that of the U.S.?
(Sarah Parvini, The Los Angeles Times)
Clerical sex abuse disclosures skyrocket in pope’s Argentina
(Luis Andres Henao and Almudena Calatrava, Religion News Service)
How the prosperity gospel is sparking a major change in the world’s most Catholic country
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Pastor says millennials have almost 'completely lost the knowledge of God'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Vote to expand Israeli settlements in Jerusalem set for Sunday
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Israeli lecturer expels Arab student for refusing to remove her hijab
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
You don’t have to be Jewish to love Israel
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Iraqi Christians who returned home forced to flee again
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Iran's Guardian Council trounces religious freedom
(Tara Sepehri Far, Human Rights Watch)
Govt taking steps to ensure rights for minorities, promotion of inter-faith harmony: Sardar Muhammad Yousaf
(Daily Times)
Pakistani Christian is attacked for faith and for displaying cross
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Church bell rings in Kashmir church after 5 decades
(Associated Press)
Interfaith understanding in Indonesia (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(May Teng, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Indonesia’s ‘religious tolerance model’ fantasy
(Phelim Kline, Human Rights Watch)
Muslims banned from Singapore for anti-Christmas comments
(Cristina Maza, Newsweek)
Filipino Catholics, Protestants unite to rebuild Muslim city of Marawi
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Philippine Christian leaders join to help rebuild Muslim-majority city
(Simone Orendain, Catholic News Service)
10 nations where people suffer extreme religious persecution exposed in major report
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
NAACP should issue travel advisory for Planned Parenthood
(Ryan Bomberger, The Christian Post)
Retiring leader of church-state watchdog group talks faith, misconceptions about legal organization
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
GOP Evangelical outreach director quits, citing 'tone deaf attitude'
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Youth activism in Northern Ireland (Best practices for justice and peacemaking: The role of religion in community building)
(Francesca Drumm, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious schools may split in two to avoid Ofsted punishment after Court of Appeal ruling
(Harry Yorke, The Telegraph)
The problem with London’s new Holocaust memorial
(David Tollerton, The Conversation)
It isn’t just halal slaughter that Britain needs to make more humane
(Masuma Rahim, The Guardian)
The 100 best nonfiction books: No 91 – The Book of Common Prayer (1662)
(Robert McCrum, The Guardian)
Onward Christian Soldiers dropped from local Remembrance Sunday service
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Halloween light parties put a Christian spin on haunted celebrations
(Jamie Doward, The Guardian)
Catholicism on its way to being most popular religion in Scotland
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Abortion shouldn’t become a postcode lottery
(Professor Malcolm Nicolson and Sally Johnson, The Guardian)
Religion in Russia is a complicated matter
(Canon Dr Paul Oestreicher, The Guardian)
Residents of the Western Europe defended their faith in the atheistic years, but today they voluntarily prefer consumer goods to it - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Monarchy and the Russian diaspora: Arcane arguments about Russia’s sovereigns could go mainstream
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Banned under Soviets, Lutherans enjoy a revival in Baltics
(Witold Janczys, Deutsche Welle)
Should Ukrainian priests preach in Crimea and what for?
(Priest Jean Joseph Ecole, World Religion News)
Pope calls space, takes small step for Vatican-Russian ties
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Vatican aims to head off US-North Korea nuclear standoff
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
The war against Pope Francis
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Revealed: Dalai Lama’s ‘personal emissary’ suspended over corruption claims
(Katherine Ellison, Rory Carroll, Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian)
Will end of sanctions against Sudan ease Bible shortage for 1 million Christians?
(World Watch Monitor)
Sudan Church of Christ leaders charged with sound pollution for ‘noisy’ services
(World Watch Monitor)
Celebrating international religious freedom day
(Edward Parkin, World Religion News)
Atheists sue Texas school officials for harassing student who sat during pledge
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
You're wrong if you think universities attack religion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
ISO better church models for manhood and womanhood
(Julie Roys, Religion News Service)
‘This movement is evil’: Religious leaders denounce White Lives Matter rallies
(Holly Meyer, Religion News Service)
How we can disrupt the logic of the dominant narrative
(Michael Ray-Mathews, Religion News Service)
Trump’s narrow circle of faith advisers tells him only what he wants to hear
(Katharine R. Henderson, Religion News Service)
Religious photos of the week: 10/20–10/26
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)
The Catholic civil war
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Is Tumblr witchcraft feminism – or cultural appropriation?
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Trump reportedly to cut size of Bears Ears, sacred to native tribes
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Gods and glory: Rowan Williams, Mary Beard and more on the power of religious art
(Rowan Williams, Mary Beard, Kamila Shamsie, Vashvapani Blomfield, Julia Neuberger, and Shashi Tharoor, The Guardian)
British government ‘covered up’ its role in Amritsar massacre in India
(Jamie Doward, The Guardian)
Sunday, 29 October 2017
A 40-foot cross has honored war dead for 90 years. Is it unlawful?
(Emily Baumgaertner, The New York Times)
As Australia votes on same-sex marriage, church leaders fight back
(A. Odysseus Patrick, The Washington Post)
Law and religion round-up – 29th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
October 29: Missouri man wins sex discrimination suit, Catholic Charities sued, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Saturday, 28 October 2017
EVENT, 26-28 October 2017: Comparative Law, Faith and Religion: The Role of Faith in Law
(American Society of Comparative Law, American University, Washington, DC)
Rabat's 'American Peace Caravan' builds interfaith bridges to curb extremism, Islamophobia
(Safaa Kasraoui, Morocco World News)
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