Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 5 November 2021
Grassroots effort calls on pope to canonize six Black sainthood candidates
(Priscila González de Doran, Catholic News Service)
Top US Catholic bishop calls social justice movements ‘pseudo-religion’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Monday, 1 November 2021
UK Black History Month 2021: Proud To Be. Race and FoRB: the intersection.
(Divine Olomo, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Friday, 29 October 2021
Analysis of the critical race theory climate determined by the Black church and the Southern Baptist Convention
(Johari Jabir, The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Poll: Most Americans support church-state separation; Christian nationalists differ
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Survey: One-third of Jewish college students have experienced antisemitism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Review: John McWhorter argues that antiracism has become a religion of the American left
(Zaid Jilani, The New York Times)
How one South Asian mother is fighting racism in a surprising way
(Reshma Gopaldas, She Knows)
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Across religious groups, a majority of Black Americans say opposing racism is an essential part of their faith
(Kiana Cox, Pew Research Center)
Diversity and division in advanced economies: Most embrace diversity but see conflicts between partisan, racial and ethnic groups
(Laura Silver, Janell Fetterolf, and Aidan Connaughton, Pew Research Center)
Americans see stronger societal conflicts than people in other advanced economies
(Aidan Connaughton, Pew Research Center)
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
The Rev. Theresa Dear: A life centered around hope
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News)
Friday, 1 October 2021
Americans are in a mental health crisis – especially African Americans. Can churches help?
(Brad R. Fulton, The Conversation)
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Religions for Peace’s reflections on the G20 Interfaith Forum
(Religions for Peace)
Monday, 27 September 2021
Women making strides in leadership of Black denominations amid hesitancy
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Monday, 20 September 2021
The Black church can depolarize religious freedom
(Justin Giboney, Deseret News Opinion)
Monday, 13 September 2021
G20 interfaith policy brief workshop of the anti-racism initiative: A summary
(Dion A. Forster, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Friday, 10 September 2021
9/11 and the racial limitations of religious freedom in America
(Sahar Aziz, Al Jazeera)
Monday, 6 September 2021
Race and Equality launches a project to combat religious racism in Brazil
(International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights)
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
How the Black church can help end the HIV/AIDS crisis
(Frederick A. Davie, Don Abram, Religion News Service)
Most white regular churchgoers voted for Trump in 2020, religious nones backed Biden: study
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Monday, 30 August 2021
India Congress leader: It’s our constitutional duty to help persecuted irrespective of religion
(The Times of India)
Black lives matter: Structural racism, bigotry, and inclusion
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Proud Boys leader sentenced to five months for burning church banner
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)
Friday, 20 August 2021
'You can't think yourself out of racism': Black religion scholars call for conversion
(Renée Roden, The Washington Post)
Keep Kabul’s airport open to save lives
(Knox Thames, Rehman Chishti, Knox Thames)
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Historic American church set to integrate its slavery ties
(Mark Pratt, Associated Press)
Friday, 13 August 2021
Study: Jews of color love Judaism but often experience racism in Jewish settings
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Monday, 9 August 2021
Black Baptist group renews historic calls for civil rights
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Monday, 2 August 2021
Updating some Southern Baptist stereotypes in 2021
(Terry Mattingly, The Ukiah Daily Journal)
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Systemic racial challenges
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Friday, 30 July 2021
Why Reform Jewish leaders support H.R. 40, the federal reparations bill
(Deitra Reiser, Hannah Goldstein, Sarah Bassin, Religion News Service: Opinion)
The faith of systemic racism: systemic racism as a near-religious belief
(Peter Savodnik, Quillette)
Christianity and the social question
(Patrick Pierson, Breaking Ground)
Thursday, 29 July 2021
WEBINAR, 29 July 2021 2:00 pm (EDT-US & Canada): Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Systemic Racial Challenges
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Prominent leaders discuss systemic racial challenges facing native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
(G20 Interfaith Forum, EIN Presswire)
Reparations bill gains momentum as an interfaith cause
(Adelle M Banks, Religion News Service)
Exploring connection between organized religion and systematic racism in America
(ABC 7 New York)
Friday, 23 July 2021
The Weekly Round-Up: Migrant Rights, Virginity Testing and Racism
(Calia Randall, UK Human Rights Blog)
Yelp deserves a one-star rating for religious liberty: Opinion
(Jerry Bowyer, The Christian Post: Opinion)
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
What lies beneath:
(James Christie, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Friday, 16 July 2021
Is Israel really a settler colonial state?
(Steven Lubet and Jonathan Zasloff, Haaretz Opinion)
Religious Freedom Institute announces Carl Anderson as Its 2021 Defender of Religious Freedom Award recipient
(Religious Freedom Institute)
In many COVID hot spots, a pattern: High concentrations of white evangelicals
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Four historic African American churches receive preservation grant
(Renée Roden, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Scripture, faith, race, politics: Mississippi Today on the story behind the state's new flag
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
New religion census report in U.S. uses data gathered from 500,000 people in seven-year period
(Mark Pattison, The Long Island Catholic)
The apartheid accusation against Israel is baseless – and agenda-driven
(Eugene Kontorovich, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Apartheid, the Green Line, and the Need to Overcome Palestinian Fragmentation
(Rania Muhareb, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
A Threshold Crossed Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution
(Report off 27 April 2021, Human Rights Watch)
Human Rights Watch responds: Reflections on apartheid and persecution in international law
(Clive Baldwin and Emilie Max, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Uncomfortable truths: how HRW errs in its definition of “Israeli apartheid”, what is missing, and what are the implications?
(Joshua Kern, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Plaintiffs lack standing to challenge "Black Lives Matter" mural as Establishment Clause violation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 9 July 2021
Survey: White mainline Protestants outnumber white evangelicals, while ‘nones’ shrink
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Does the Supreme Court treat anti-LGBTQ discrimination differently than racism?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Jewish Israeli and Palestinians as distinct ‘racial groups’ within the meaning of the crime of apartheid?
(Carola Lingaas, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Zionism as a legal form of racism and racial discrimination in Israel
(Noura Erakat, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Celebrating American patriotism with a new pluralistic lens
(Robert P. Jones, The Washington Post Opinion)
AME church to address BLM, voting rights, in delayed meeting
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
The Vortex of White Evangelicalism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Friday, 2 July 2021
Evangelicals repudiating America?
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
The American church needs to reckon with its legacy in Indigenous boarding schools
(Kaitlin Curtice, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
‘Denomination matters’ in Black-focused faith-based health programs, scholars say
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Why racists pushed, but theologians rejected, wage controls
(Roger McKinney, The Christian Post)
Family reunification law aims to lower number of Palestinian citizens in Israel
(Daoub Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Monday, 28 June 2021
Presiding Bishop announces new churchwide racial truth and reconciliation effort during first day of Executive Council
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Friday, 25 June 2021
A defense against religious critics' critiques of South Africa's amendments to Equality and Unfair Discrimination Act
(Pierre de Vos, Daily Maverick)
The Jewish stake in the battle against Critical Race Theory
(Jonathan S. Tobin, Jewish Journal)
Where did white Evangelicalism’s hatred of Critical Race Theory really begin?
(Andre E. Johnson, Religion Dispatches)
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Responses to anti-Asian hate crimes
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 21 June 2021
Why Buddhists should celebrate Juneteenth
(Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Lion's Roar)
Friday, 18 June 2021
Israel and apartheid: Lessons from the South African experience
(Ziyad Motala, TRTWorld)
Why Africa’s faith leaders hold the key to dispelling vaccine doubts
(Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, The Optimist)
The deep roots connecting Jewish and Black prophetic witness
(Johari Jabir, The University of Chicago Divinity School)
The story behind an NAACP icon calling President Nelson one of the great faith leaders ‘south of heaven’
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Monday, 14 June 2021
Mormons and NAACP seek to advance work with new initiatives
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)
Saturday, 12 June 2021
Race theory, religion become hot issues for education
(Gordon Weil, The Portland Press Herald)
Thursday, 10 June 2021
WEBINAR, 10 June 2021 (9AM MDT/11AM EDT): Responses to Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
United Church of Canada hires anti-racism and equity officer
(Glynis Ratcliffe, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Monday, 7 June 2021
Report: Number of mosques in US grows overall, but African American mosques in decline
(Jospeh Hammond, Religion News Service)
Friday, 4 June 2021
New podcast: Among waves of Tulsa Massacre ink, a fine AP religion story pointed forward
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Ex-BLM leader exposes ‘ugly truth,’ says group has 'little concern for rebuilding black families'
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)
New BJC resources help facilitate conversations on race and religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
T. D. Jakes on how white Evangelicals lost their way
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Monday, 31 May 2021
Religious leaders, artists honor George Floyd in concert
(Associated Press)
Plug-In: Tulsa Massacre centennial – focusing on repentance, reconciliation, reparations
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Friday, 28 May 2021
US Jews rally for more support in combating antisemitism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Survey: Young, diverse generation of evangelicals shows growing ambivalence toward Israel
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Prayers for healing, justice mark ‘painful’ anniversary of Floyd’s death
(Catholic News Service)
One year after George Floyd’s murder, faith leaders continue the call for racial reckoning
(Religion News Service)
The politics of anti-Asian racism
(Lynette H Ong, East Asia Forum)
Video: The crisis of crises: Racism in its multifaceted forms
(Ganoune Diop, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience to open in New Orleans with rooms full of 'meaning and memory'
(John Pope, Times Picayune)
Monday, 24 May 2021
When it comes to religion and politics, race trumps (Responding to: Healing Muslim-Christian relations in the United States)
(Engy Abdelkader, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 21 May 2021
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
100 years later, Black church leaders seek reparations for Tulsa massacre
(Adelle M Banks, Religion News Service)
We can’t rebuild the US until we support families: Opinion
(Jim Wallis, Religion News Service Opinion)
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
This lawsuit over religious education is really about race
(Hassan Kanu, Reuters)
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