Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 20 April 2020

Americans are abandoning faith. Could the COVID-19 crisis be a moment to rebuild?
(Guest column by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans, RNS Column: Flunking Sainthood)

Don't let COVID 19 kill the synagogue!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Peter, Malchus and our nameless saviors of the coronavirus crisis
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)

Fleshly sacraments in a viral, virtual world
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)

Do we do everything in our power to lower the COVID-19 infection rate?
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)

Fighting anxiety and isolation the Sikh way: service
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Afghanistan can’t protect its Sikhs from terror. It’s time for America to step up
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Let's take enforced social distancing for what it is: A life intervention
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

UKHRB Roundup 20-4-2020: Coronavirus and a Labour party leak
(Sam Sykes, UK Human Rights Blog)

Italy is fighting COVID-19 — and capitalism
(Alberto Mingardi, National Review)

Iran uses pandemic to further provocations in the Gulf
(Seth J. Frantzman, National Review)

Church building maintenance during lockdown – Update (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

It's time to redesign government-hospital coronavirus funding
(Brian Blase, Josh Archambault & Doug Badger, National Review)

Intel: Trump, Erdogan discuss coronavirus as pandemic worsens in Turkey
(Al-Monitor)

Sunday, 19 April 2020

Advocates lament exclusion of those with criminal records from business loan program
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Saturday, 18 April 2020

What do countries with the best coronavirus responses have in common? Women leaders
(Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes)

Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't there more of them?
(Leta Hong Fincher, CNN)

Women are leading Canada's
(Victoria Forster, Forbes)

What religious leaders can do: Imams, clerics, and pastors can play a crucial role in the fight against Covid-19
(Samia Huq, Dhaka Tribune)

Preference to the Poor: Priority Ethics for Development Leaders
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

When religion and culture kill: COVID-19 in the Somali diaspora communities in Sweden
(Anne Speckhard, Othman Mahamud and Molly Ellenberg, GTSC Homeland Secuity Today)

Trump consults faith leaders on phased-in reopening
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Putin won't attend Easter vigil at Christ the Savior Cathedral
(Interfax-Religion)

Domestic abuse killings 'more than double' amid Covid-19 lockdown
(Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)

Vatican congregation to send ventilators to Syria and Holy Land
(Catholic News Agency)

How a megachurch adapted to social distancing
(Casey Cep, The New Yorker)

Friday, 17 April 2020

LIVE VIDEO CLE, 17 April 2020: Coronavirus/Covid-19 Business Disruption and Contract and Insurance Claims
(Federal Bar Association)

Interreligious Council of PERU provides essential supplies to Venezuelan refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants
(Religions for Peace)

Faith leaders strongly echo the UN Secretary-General's call for a ceasefire
(Religions for Peace)

Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic: Environmental health
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Coronavirus is also a threat to democratic constitutions
(Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings (originally in Financial Times))

Statement of solidarity from religious leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Faith, freedom in action in troubled times – like now
(Blair Forlaw, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Are COVID-19 restrictions inflaming religious tensions?
(Geneive Abdo and Anna L. Jacobs, Brookings)

Eight rules for teaching during COVID-19
(Jennifer Snodgrass, OUPblog)

Will COVID-19 cause a religious recession?
(Brian Hollar, Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)

Lessons learnt from Coronavirus and global environmental challenges
(Amandine Orsini, OUPblog)

COVID-19 can augment violence to Mexican women
(Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

Coronavirus outbreak highlights need to address threats to ecosystems and wildlife
(UN Environment Programme)

"HOVID": Hunger, COVID-19, and Religious Response
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

COVID-19 is a test of multilateralism - OpEd
(Dr. Esmira Jafarova, Geopolitical Monitor)

World Bank, IMF push to consolidate patchwork approach to coronavirus cases
(Josh Zumbrun and David Harrison, The Wall Street Journal)

The pandemic won't make China the world’s leader: Few countries are buying the model or the message from Beijing
(Michael Green and Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Policy)

What to do about China?
(Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty)

Jordan’s unique coronavirus challenge
(Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

Extending soldiers’ assignments may help the military maintain readiness: Defense during COVID-19
(Thomas Burke, Brookings)

A tale of two Koreas in the age of coronavirus
(Jung H. Pak, Brookings)

In Sweden, there's no COVID-19 lockdown. Here are 4 things to know
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)

Uzbekistan: Despite coronavirus lockdown officials continue literature raids
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

The coronavirus erases our living memory of the Holocaust and gives fresh life to old traumas
(Armin Rosen, Tablet)

Italian Jews battle COVID-19—and isolation
(Natan Greppi, Tablet)

Some California churches call in-person services essential despite pandemic
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Does the pandemic have a purpose? Only if we give it one. The coronavirus is neither good nor bad. It wants only to reproduce
(Stephen T. Asma, The New York Times Opinion)

LDS Church joins fight against Covid-19, with members sewing 5 million face masks
(Jana Riess, RNS Column: Flunking Sainthood)

New podcast: Who-da thunk it? Drive-in churches are First Amendment battlegrounds
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

In India, pandemic turns political opposition group into COVID-19 help line
(Adam Willems, Religion News Service)

Suit challenges Chattanooga's ban on drive-in church services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ADF files suit to challenge Chattanooga ban on drive-in church services
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Justice Department backs church objections to discriminatory COVID-19 bans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Churches sue challenging Kansas stay-at-home order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ADF sues KS governor over COVID-19 order that allows numerous gatherings, except churches
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Italian bishops make proposal to government for restarting liturgical life
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Cardinal fears coronavirus could be end of European Union
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

German bishops criticize decision to maintain church service ban
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Guatemalan bishops: Deporting people during pandemic lacks humanity
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)

Shutdown of religious services in pandemic prompts varied responses
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia's devout push back against coronavirus church closures
(Emily Sherwin, Deutsche Welle)

Will COVID-19 increase support for religious freedom?
(Stephen Enada, The Christian Post)

Collective prayers in mosques temporarily banned in Tajikistan due to coronavirus situation
(Interfax-Religion)

‘World’s biggest lockdown’ enters critical phase amid starvation fears, says Gospel for Asia
(RNS Press Release Distribution Service)

The coronavirus crisis in Latin America: Increased presidential power without solid foundations – Analysis
(Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez, Elcano Royal Institute via Eurasia Review)

Cutting the funding: The WHO, Trump, and the coronavirus wars — OpEd
(Binoy Kampmark, Eurasia Review Opinion)

How New York hassidic communities have been beaten by coronavirus
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Iran’s Health Minister defends coronavirus “management” despite 30,700 deaths
(Adena Nima, Iran News Wire)

Special Covid-19 care sought for Bhopal disaster survivors
(UCA News)

Prominent Kosovo Serb journalist says intimidation worsening with COVID-19
(Milica Stojanovic, Balkan Insight)

Week in Review: Pandemics and Politics in the Balkans
(Milos Damnjanovic, Balkan Insight)

COIVD-19's worst victims will be the persecuted Christians of Africa
(Jim Shannon MP, All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)

Thursday, 16 April 2020

Religion and COVID-19: Four Lessons from the Ebola experience
(Katherine Marshall, Olivia Wilkinson and Dave Robinson, From Poverty to Power)

Consultation on COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions: Brief
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religion and the COVID-19 crisis: Social welfare
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Where is justice? Islam, equality, and covid-19 (Responding to: religion and the covid-19 crisis: social welfare)
(Hossein Askari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Toward a religious ethic of social equity through maximum productivity in a post-pandemic era (Responding to: religion and the covid-19 crisis: social welfare)
(Carl Raschke, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Of solidarity and global health security (Responding to: religion and the covid-19 crisis: social welfare)
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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