Law and Religion Headlines


Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Scotland Yard breaks up group prayer in private garden amid lockdown
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)

Pastors sue California governor for coronavirus restrictions 'criminalizing the free exercise of religion'
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)

Principal Nigerian religious leaders largely in lockstep with government on lockdowns
(John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations)

'Prayer was the difference': COVID-19 survivor praises God, thanks healthcare professionals for saving his life
(Lori Arnold, Christian Headlines)

Judge rules abortion access outweighs efforts to fight coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)

US bishops join Pope Francis' call for global ceasefire to counter coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)

In New York, former Catholic nursing home opens as COVID rehab center
(Catholic News Agency)

Pro-life counselors 'singled out' for coronavirus enforcement, lawsuit alleges
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Roman priest offers Easter Mass on church roof amid coronavirus
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Justice Department to act on unfair religious restrictions during coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)

Monday, 13 April 2020

UK bishop calls for government to release detainees at immigration centers
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The Apocalypse as an 'unveiling': What religion teaches us about end times
(Elizabeth Dias, The News York Times)

Hope in the midst of apocalypse
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Court allows drive-in church services for Easter in Kentucky; in-person attendees face quarantine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kentucky governor: Anyone at mass gatherings this weekend must quarantine
(Taylor Weiter, Jessie Cohen, WHAS 11 News)

5th Circuit upholds part of TRO issued against Texas COVID-19 abortion ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court lifts part of order blocking Texas abortion ban
(Associated Press)

Kansas Supreme Court says legislative attempt to revoke governor's COVID-19 order was invalid
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kansas Supreme Court upholds governor's order limiting the size of Easter services
(Jason Breslow, National Public Radio)

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

ADF files suit on behalf of Mississippi church subjected to city’s ban on ‘drive in’ church services
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

With a bike and loudspeakers, London vicar spreads the word
(Pan Pylas, Associated Press)

In Brazil, Church at loggerheads with president over coronavirus stance
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

President of Belarus defies precautions
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Three priests are fined in Ukraine for large gathering of people on the Palm Sunday
(Interfax-Religion)

Here we go again: Protestant pastor locked out of his church when he arrived for 'mass'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

'God is with us': Many Muslims in Pakistan flout the coronavirus ban in mosques
(Asif Shahzad, Reuters)

Megachurches may be particularly threatened by COVID-19 closures
(Mark Mulder and Gerardo Martí, Religion News Service)

Pastor who vowed to preach ‘unless I’m in jail or the hospital’ dies of COVID-19 in VA
(Brooke Wolford, Lexington Herald-Leader)

Saturday, 11 April 2020

Religions confront the coronavirus
(Susan Hayward, United States Institute of Peace blog)

Why fasting and prayer are especially meaningful at Easter and during a pandemic
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)

After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter
(Laura Everett, Religion News Service Opinion)

Good Friday in pandemic: deadly serious reflections
(Nuala Kenny OC, MD, La Croix International)

The meaning of COVID-19: We can’t all be right
(Arthur E. Farnsley II, Religion News Service)

Why Holy Week is made for this pandemic
(Thomas Reese SJ, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Religious communities' role in countering epidemics
(Katherine Marshall, Council on Foreign Relations)

The Current Global Crisis: A Statement from the Parliament of the World’s Religions
(Official Statement, Parliament of the World's Religions)

World Healh Organzation releases recommendations for religious leaders and faith-based communities in regards to COVID-19
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Practical considerations and recommendations for religious leaders and faith-based communities in the context of COVID-19
(World Health Organization)

Benedictine nuns release Gregorian chants to help ease coronavirus isolation
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)

Praying together in a pandemic, even when divided
(Paul Marshall, Religion Unplugged)

Quarantines resurrect church attendance just in time for Easter
(Meagan Clark, Religion Unplugged and Newsweek)

Judge: Kentucky church can conduct Easter drive-in service
(Associated Press)

Kansas’ high court weighs virus limits on religious services
(Associated Press)

UN urges religious leaders to work for peace, fight virus
(Associated Press)

Church in South Africa supports government’s COVID-19 efforts, archbishop says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Why the government can shut down church gatherings during pandemic
(Jonathan Turley, The Hill)

States are restricting Easter gatherings amid COVID-19. Churches and lawmakers are pushing back.
(Grace Hauck, USA Today)

Why are Blacks dying at higher rates from COVID-19?
(Rashawn Ray, Brookings)

Friday, 10 April 2020

The religious revival that could save America
(Jonathon Van Maren, National Review)

A domestic court’s attempt to derogate from the ECHR on behalf of the United Kingdom: the implications of Covid-19 on judicial decision-making in the United Kingdom
(Stevie Martin, EJIL: Talk!)

COVID-19 and conflict: Commentary from USIP
(United States Institute of Peace)

Leviathan unshackled?
(Dominic Ruck Keene, UK Human Rights Blog)

Canterbury Cathedral’s bell ‘Harry’ to toll daily for world’s coronavirus victims, frontline workers
(Episcopal News Service)

How rituals and focus can turn isolation into a time for growth
(Arthur Kleinman, The Wall Street Journal)

Nigeria should build peace like it fights coronavirus:Focusing on prevention and public information works against COVID-19. It can work against violent conflicts.
(Oge Onubogu, United States Institute of Peace)

How to make women count in the response to coronavirus
(Danielle Robertson, United States Institute of Peace)

The coronavirus is a call to build resilience in frangile states
(Nancy Lindborg, United States Institute)

As fighters lay down arms to combat coronavirus, we must pick up the tools to build peace
(Stephen J. Hadley and Nancy Lindborg, United States Institute of Peace)

Coronavirus could spark a new exodus of Christians from Holy Land, says longtime observer
(Mélinée Le Priol, La Croix International)

An imam leads his congregation through the pandemic: In most states, religious institutions are exempt from shutdowns, and leaders have struggled with whether to close their doors.
(Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker)

Update on the Secretary General's appeal for a global ceasefire
(Secretary-General António Guterres, United Nations)

Central Asia and coronavirus: when being nomadic isn't enough
(Gavin Helf, United States Institute of Peace)

The pandemic has exposed fissures within religions
(The Economist)

Statement on the COVID-19 implications for migrant workers
(Kevin Hyland, Institute for Human Rights and Business)

How covid-19 will change the global business climate
(The Economist)

During coronavirus crisis, Congress’s first caucus for nonreligious belief seeks a larger role in promoting science
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Coronavirus: how new restrictions on religious liberty vary across Europe
(Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière, The Conversation UK)

Venezuela: Could the coronavirus threat be an opportunity?
(Keith Mines; Steve Hege, United States Institute of Peace)

The world’s refugee camps are a coronavirus disaster in waiting
(Cox's Bazar, Istanbul and Nyarugusu, The Economist)

A Saudi ceasefire provides some hope of ending the war in Yemen
(The Economist)

The Coronavirus Act 2020: When legislation goes viral (part two)
(Darragh Coffey, UK Human Rights Blog)

The Coronavirus Act 2020: When legislation goes viral (part one)
(Darragh Coffey, UK Human Rights Blog)

COVID-19 and Holy Week: Texas faith leaders spread message of hope, renewal
(John C Moritz, MSN News)

As a pandemic peaks at Christianity’s Easter climax, churches adapt online
(Alejandra Molina and Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Under St. Peter’s dome, Catholic charities help homeless stay safe from coronavirus
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Association)

Shunning online services, some clergy preach ‘abstinence’ from gathered worship
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

See which states have religious exemptions in their stay-at-home orders
(Jack Jenkins, https://religionnews.com/2020/04/09/see-which-states-have-religious-exemptions-in-their-stay-at-home-orders/)

Why COVID-19 could change how we work
(Daniel Susskind and Richard Susskind, OUPblog)

Photos of lilies at sunrise won't be enough: Talking 2020 Easter news with Eric Metaxas
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

This week's podcast: Are all those COVID-19 stories about rebel preachers fueled by bias?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

War-ravaged Yemen reports first case of COVID-19
(Al-Monitor)

Lebanon’s coronavirus response is working, yet faces challenges
(Michal Kranz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

China’s Xunsiding church continues to be monitored despite COVID-19
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Pastor in Nepal arrested on false charges amid COVID-19 lockdown
(Olivia Miller, International Chrisitan Concern)

The cross has changed the meaning of suffering, says papal preacher on Good Friday
(Hannag Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Social distancing is no stumbling block for Texas church's Minecraft Easter egg hunt
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Church software companies rush to accommodate major surge in usage
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Christians across traditions called for a Good Friday fast in response to pandemic
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

USCIRF urges governments to release religious prisoners of conscience in covid-19 response
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

COVID-19 risk puts imprisoned religious freedom advocate in greater danger
(Mina Abdelmalak, Real Clear Religion)

Mosques, streets quiet as Indonesia’s capital tightens rules
(Niniek Karmini and Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)

Religious communities are doing more than just staying home
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Nigerian bishops: All church hospitals can be used for COVID-19 patients
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious celebrations in the time of coronavirus
(Sabine Kinkartz, Deutsche Welle)

Thursday, 9 April 2020

Keeping social distance: the story of the word “aloof” and a few tidbits
(Anatoly Liberman, OUPblog)

The city will survive coronavirus
(Thomas J. Campanella, Lawrence J. Vale, OUPblog)

Inspirational TV shows to watch during this pandemic
(Charlotte E. Howell, OUPblog)

Haywire immune response eyed in coronavirus deaths, treatment
(Joseph Walker and Jared S. Hopkins, The Wall Street Journal)

Maths can help you thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Susan D'Agostino, OUPblog)

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