Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 25 February 2023
Egyptian Christians in Libya face ‘toxic mix of racism and religious hostility’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Commission on Racial Justice: Second Biannual Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
BIC Brussels: Policies alone not sufficient to address racial prejudice
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Harvard, National Council of Churches, Reform Jews seeking reparations blueprint
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
These Black and White churches began worshiping together during the pandemic and haven’t stopped
(Rona Kobell, The Washington Post)
Monday, 13 February 2023
For Christians in Memphis, Tyre Nichols’ death a cause for concern, action
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Basu v. Germany and Muhammad v. Spain: Why the first European Court of Human Rights’ judgments on racial profiling in identity checks are disappointing
(Julie Ringelheim, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Plessy, Prince, and me: Law, religion, and the quest for racial justice
(M. Christian Green, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
South Africa: ‘Apartheid’ of church and state
(Simon Jooste, Evangelical Focus)
Friday, 20 January 2023
A timeless work that changed history (on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail”)
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Freedom, tradition, and precarity at Hamline University
(Lauren E. Osborne, Sightings, The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Monday, 16 January 2023
35 Black churches to receive total of $4 million for preservation work
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Inspired by George Floyd, annual ecumenical week to focus on racial justice
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Tackling racial profiling: reflections on recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights
(Bea Streicher, Strasbourg Observers)
Monday, 19 December 2022
Racism, discrimination lead to avoidable death, disease: Study
(Daily Sabah)
Friday, 16 December 2022
BJC’s Tyler warns U.S. House subcommittee of Christian nationalism’s relationship to white supremacy in America
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Monday, 12 December 2022
Brazil: MP initiative to combat religious racism wins '2022 Innovare Award' (Portuguese)
(George Brito, Ministério Público Bahia)
Monday, 5 December 2022
Brazil: Act of religious intolerance is considered racism by Justice (Portuguese)
(O Dia, Meia Hora)
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The neocolonial futurism of US Hindutva
(Dheepa Sundaram, The Immanent Frame)
Saturday, 12 November 2022
Brazil: Religious freedom is the theme of the next public hearing to combat racism in Itapevi (Portuguese)
(Câmara Municipal de Itapevi, Primeira Edição)
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Basu v. Germany and Muhammad v. Spain: Room for improvement in the Court’s first judgments on racial profiling
(Mathias Möschel, Strasbourg Observers)
Monday, 7 November 2022
Private school vouchers open faith options for kids of color
(Giovanna Dell'Orto and Cheyanne Mumphrey, Associated Press)
Monday, 17 October 2022
Racism in Europe has reached peak: Senior Turkish lawmaker
(Betül Usta, Daily Sabah)
“Love for all humanity”: Contributing to the discourse on racial unity in the Netherlands
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Friday, 30 September 2022
Nonreligious women of color convene to talk Christian nationalism, reproductive rights
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Friday, 16 September 2022
WCC statement urges confronting racism, revisiting “complicity of some religious bodies”
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 12 September 2022
UK: Citizenship: from right to privilege
(Institute of Race Relations)
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Will Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act overlook Black Churches for secular organizations?
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
A Black pastor was watering his neighbor's flowers. Then the police showed up
(Jonathan Franklin, National Public Radio)
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Youth interreligious cooperation to fight racism in the Americas
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Equality advocate appointed Church of England’s first Racial Justice Director
(The Church of England)
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Youth Interreligious Cooperation to Fight Racism in the Americas
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Report: Nonreligious LGBTQ people face heightened stigma, conceal their beliefs
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Monday, 15 August 2022
Faced with a rise of extremism within its ranks, the US military has clamped down on racist speech, including retweets and likes
(Dwight Stirling, The Conversation)
Thinking about missing pieces of Axios report on changes in Latino life, politics and, yes, faith
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Friday, 12 August 2022
ReAwaken Tour host says he feels harassed by NY prosecutor
(Associated Press)
Axios looks at the hot political (of course) trend of Latinos becoming evangelical voters
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Murder of Alika Ogorchukwu: Is Europe just as racist as America?
(Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera)
Friday, 5 August 2022
Israel: Lapid demands UN head disband commission of inquiry against Israel
(Mike Wagenheim, Jewish News Syndicate)
America’s original sin must be addressed, not ignored
(Bridget Moix, Religion News Service)
Canada: Starbucks apologizes to Sudbury family following racist, bottle-throwing incident
(Casey Stranges, CBC News)
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Amos C. Brown Fellowship to Ghana begins
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Monday, 1 August 2022
Ministerial exception doctrine requires dismissal of race and national origin discrimination claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A growing number of religious groups are developing reparations programs for Black Americans
(Julia Duin, Newsweek)
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
The religious and anti-Chinese roots of “Replacement” theory
(Kathryn Gin Lum, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
How the fight to ban abortion is rooted in the ‘Great Replacement’ theory
(Alex Samuels and Monica Potts, FiveThirtyEight)
Monday, 25 July 2022
Q&A with Kathryn Gin Lum, author of ‘Heathen: Religion And Race In American History’
(Kenneth E. Frantz, Religion Unplugged)
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Children across Africa and Asia celebrate Nelson Mandela Day
(Vicky Abraham, Religion Unplugged)
Friday, 1 July 2022
UK: Racial Justice First Report: consistory courts (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
UK: Commission on Racial Justice: First Biannual Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
What the Pope's visit to Canada means for indigenous residential school survivors
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 27 June 2022
Black churches have mixed reactions as the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
Friday, 24 June 2022
Interfaith leaders kick off a movement for reparations in Philadelphia
(Valerie Russ, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Monday, 20 June 2022
A pioneering Shabbat service marks a new way to observe Jewish Juneteenth
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Why these Christian leaders want churches to celebrate Juneteenth
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Grappling with the sacred in Juneteenth’s celebration of freedom
(Haley Barker, Riley Farrell, Marika Proctor, Paul O'Donnell, Religion News Service)
On Juneteenth, WCC calls for serving those most affected by sins of racism, capitalism and militarism
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
White Churches, it’s time to go pro-life on guns
(Charlie Dates, Christianity Today)
Monday, 6 June 2022
Tel Aviv study claims antisemitism in Black Lives Matter movement being ignored
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)
Friday, 3 June 2022
Report: Israel arrested no Jews over violent, racist march
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Asian American Christians see more work for the church to do to stop AAPI hate
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Monday, 30 May 2022
Canada: CAI and NCCM call on NHL to implement a lifelong ban of racist fans in aftermath of attacks on Nazem Kadri
(Canadian Arab Institute)
Friday, 27 May 2022
Episcopal diocese awards $175K in reparations fund grants
(Associated Press)
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
When reporting about black churches and abortion, why not seek sources on both sides?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Monday, 23 May 2022
Generalizing about all Arabs is as bad as antisemitic generalizations - opinion
(Yedidia Stern, The Jerusalem Post)
We need a better approach to race conversations
(Bobby Scott, The Gospel Coalition)
New book: Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
(Kathryn Gin Lum, Harvard University Press)
Friday, 20 May 2022
How Black people and Jews are bound together in ‘great replacement’ theory: Dozens of pages of the Buffalo shooter's manifesto are devoted first to Blacks and then to Jews, replete with photos, drawings, graphs and caricatures.
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Catholic school in Mississippi Delta closing after 70 years
(Associated Press)
Monday, 16 May 2022
From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out: Buffalo reminds us: Jews and Blacks are allies.
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
'I wish all Jews to hell' — Buffalo shooter was a fascist white supremacist
(Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post)
Black and Asian organizations gather together in "Faith Walk" in New York's Chinatown
(Alexandra Jane, The Root)
Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack
(Amy Taxin, Ken Ritter and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
US report details church-state collusion on Native schools
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Are Jews a race under U.S. law?
(Eugene Volokh, Tablet Magazine)
Friday, 13 May 2022
California Sikh man sues sheriff’s office for delaying investigation into racist threats
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Monday, 9 May 2022
Grove City faculty say college is facing a ‘fight for the soul’
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Friday, 6 May 2022
Churches are closing in predominantly Black communities – why public health officials should be concerned
(Yusuf Ransome, Insang Song, Linh Pham, and Camille Busette, Brookings Institution)
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
If Roe goes, Black church leaders expect renewed energy for elections
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Monday, 2 May 2022
How should Black churches respond to the fight for LGBTQ rights?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Friday, 29 April 2022
30 years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
(Richard Flory, Najuma Smith-Pollard, Religion News Service)
How race and religion have always played a role in who gets refuge in the US
(Laura E. Alexander, Jane Hong, Karen Hooge Michalka, Luis A. Romero, The Conversation)
In WWII, Japanese Americans’ faith came under suspicion and helped them survive their incarceration
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
3 Black churches rebuilding in Louisiana after 2019 arson
(Associated Press)
‘No schools, no churches!’: Black sisters and the fight for Black Catholic education
(Shannen Dee Williams, Commonweal)
Monday, 18 April 2022
Canada: Nursing instructor and master's student examining racism and discrimination faced by Muslim nurses
(University of Calgary)
House Republicans dishonor an iconic Florida judge
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Friday, 15 April 2022
Sunday politics in Georgia: punting on historical reckoning. As Sen. Raphael Warnock seeks reelection this year in Georgia, the Baptist minister might find a key group working against him—fellow pastors.
(Brian Kaylor, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
How the fight over critical race theory became a religious war
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Weapons of white supremacy
(Keisha Bush, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
National Association of Evangelicals launches racial justice collaborative
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Weapons of white supremacy
(Keisha Bush, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 11 April 2022
White evangelicals, again: New York Times urgently probes praise music on political right
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Friday, 8 April 2022
Black American identity, family, and religion: An interview with Glenn Loury
(Alexander Riley and Glenn Loury, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Illinois church touts ‘Fasting from whiteness’ as Lent 2022 observance
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Friday, 1 April 2022
Activists seek to preserve ‘sacred’ land Japanese immigrants acquired before CA’s anti-immigrant land laws
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Education for assimilation: The lasting consequences of Indian boarding schools in Canada and the United States
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Perspective: Why African Americans hold fast to their faith
(Theresa Dear, Deseret News)
UK: Re the Rustat Memorial: a casenote
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 28 March 2022
Historically Black school to remain open on Alabama coast
(Associated Press)
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