Law and Religion Headlines

Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority
(Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, Russ Bynum, Religion News Service)

‘Christian’ crowdfunder hosts campaigns for Tarrio and other Proud Boys
(Roxanne Stone, Religion News Service)

Priests targeted by racist attacks by the faithful in Brazil (Portuguese)
(André Bernardo, Época)

Saturday, 2 January 2021

Photos of the Year
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Friday, 1 January 2021

Top news articles of 2020 Christians should know about
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

RNS reporters on the big stories they expect to cover in 2021
(Religion News Service)

What to expect on the religious scene in 2021: Experts cast their sights on the year ahead
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Our best religion stories from a terrible year
(Religion News Service)

Monday, 28 December 2020

The Christian Post’s top 10 news stories of 2020 (part 2)
(The Christian Post)

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Several Black pastors break with the Southern Baptist Convention over a statement on race
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

The Black church is again at the center of American politics — and its leaders feel like a target
(Eugene Scott, The Washington Post)

Monday, 21 December 2020

The 40 weirdest (and best) charts we made in this long, strange year
(Ryan Best, Elena Mejia, Jasmine Mithani, Anna Wiederkehr, Julia Wolfe, and Yutong Yuan, FiveThirtyEight)

Friday, 18 December 2020

Black Lives Matter and the UN Human Rights System: Reflections on the Human Rights Council Urgent Debate
(E. Tendayi Achiume, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

After turbulent 2020, faith in America faces more big issues
(David Crary and Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Minnesota town approves Asatru zoning request
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 14 December 2020

Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
(Michael Balsamo and Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press)

More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations
(David Crary, Associated Press)

Friday, 11 December 2020

City approves conditional permit to allow use of church building by a Whites-only group
(Kay Jones and Leah Asmelash, CNN)

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Contemporary homeschooling: Black children’s best interests, freedom from religion, and anti-racism
(Cheryl Fields-Smith and Andrea L. Dennis, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Monday, 7 December 2020

Gethsemane church targeted in arson attack
(Catholic News Agency)

Religious freedom’s racial reckoning (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. domestic religious freedom)
(Corey D. B. Walker, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religious, ethnic minorities grapple over California’s model ethnic studies curriculum
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Friday, 4 December 2020

Judge dismisses motion to ban the Rev. Greg Drumwright’s right to march
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Charged with 2 felonies for protesting, the Rev. Greg Drumwright is marching on
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Southern Baptist seminary presidents nix critical race theory
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Monday, 30 November 2020

Churches return land to Indigenous groups as part of #LandBack movement
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Guard chaplains reflect on Floyd protests, lessons learned
(Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press)

Minnesota Council of Churches launches 'historic' reparations initiative
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Friday, 27 November 2020

'Tolton' play in spotlight as Church addresses racial division
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)

Monday, 23 November 2020

Pastors Launch Church-Planting Network for ‘Black and Brown Neighborhoods’
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Religious progressives must hold Biden's feet to the fire on race in America (Responding to: Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Hope for a unity that leads to healing: Black faith and the nation after 2020 (Responding to: Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election)
(Rosetta E. Ross, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Abuse, racism and COVID-19: Advisory councils make recommendations to bishops
(Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)

Monday, 16 November 2020

International Black Clergy Conference brings people together across the African diaspora
(Pat McCaughan, Episcopal News Service)

Sunday, 15 November 2020

VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 November 2020 (5PM EST): Jewish Ritual and Activism for Racial Justice
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

5 faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a Hindu family
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

The Left: where ‘anti-racism’ has become antisemitism
(Peter Kurtirace, Spectator Australia)

Monday, 9 November 2020

We need to talk about citizenship, and race
(Stefan Salomon, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Friday, 6 November 2020

The ‘Squad’ returns: 5 faith facts about the House’s firebrand group
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Five states elect first-ever Muslim lawmakers, from Oklahoma to Delaware
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Black Christian leaders on impact of 2020 racial protests, riots on America’s future
(Jackson Elliott, The Christian Post)

India officials raid KP Yohannan's Believers Church over accusations of foreign funding
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

How Trump’s strong play for Hispanic evangelicals helped him stun Biden in Florida
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Louisiana man gets 25 years for torching 3 Black churches
(Associated Press)

Monday, 2 November 2020

Black faith leaders call for nonviolent resistance, strikes if Trump refuses election results
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Black churchgoers pine for racial progress amid white resistance
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Friday, 30 October 2020

New podcast: How do New York Times editors handle 'real' news when it's linked to religion?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Hillsong Church launching Atlanta branch with first-ever African-American lead pastors
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

A legal perversion of justice: Breonna Taylor's death and the lawlessness of law and order
(Wil Gafney, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Latter-day Saint leader tells BYU audience to ‘heed our prophet’s call’ to end racism
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Monday, 26 October 2020

Black D.C. archbishop’s rise marks a historic moment
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Friday, 23 October 2020

Inside the church at the heart of the Louisville’s Breonna Taylor protests
(Claire Galofaro, Religion News Service)

White teen sentenced; planned to kill black churchgoers
(Associated Press)

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

St. Junipero Serra statue defaced, pulled down on California's Indigenous People’s Day
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Bishop calls on UK to take up Fratelli Tutti’s call to combat racism
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

US Labor Secretary: America still needs Columbus Day
(Catholic News Agency)

Barrett hearings day 2: Barrett faces questions on abortion, Catholic faith, race, and religious freedom
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

New book links the decline of religious authority to the end of empathy
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Monday, 5 October 2020

Mormon president calls on members to help end racism
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

The difference between heroes and martyrs: When we memorialize victims of police violence, their past actions are irrelevant
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Friday, 2 October 2020

Many journalists are not pursuing crucial religion angles in Black Lives Matter coverage
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Adventists’ new North American leader hopes to leverage the denomination's 'strength of diversity’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Biden campaign says racism is a religious issue: ‘We must repent’
(Jack Lyons, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Biden campaign labels racism as religious issue at post-debate event
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Reckoning with race, Black Buddhists seek space for healing in the dharma
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)

Illinois State offensive coordinator had 'All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ' poster
(Randy Reinhardt, The Pantagraph)

Monday, 28 September 2020

Black church’s online service attacked with racist hate speech
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)

Friday, 25 September 2020

A Dialogue on Racism in the Time of COVID-19
(Ganoune Diop and Audrey Kitagawa, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal fund surpasses $500,000, some donors invoking Biblical self-defense
(Mattie Townson, Religion Unplugged)

Monday, 21 September 2020

Black Jesus version of Michelangelo's Pietà divides Catholics on race and politics
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

A summer correspondence: The decision to rename a dormitory reveals the fragility of historical nuance
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Friday, 18 September 2020

Miami Herald apologizes for ‘racist’ insert column
(Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press)

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Black church leaders demand apology for Trump ad
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Michigan Catholic priest compared BLM to 9/11 attackers
(Associated Press)

Anti-racism: A reflection on the Islamic tradition
(Bharath Syal, Traversing Tradition)

Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker ‘Great Commission Baptists’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Prominent Southern Baptists are dropping ‘Southern’ name amid racial unrest
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

Catholic bishops in California launch initiative to tackle racism
(Catholic News Agency)

Black Lives Matter co-founder denounces Pat Robertson for saying the movement is 'anti-God'
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

No race problem here: Despite summer of protests, many practicing Christians remain ambivalent
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Monday, 14 September 2020

Imagining history without heroes and villains: What the Hebrew Bible can teach Americans about reckoning with the fallenness of our nation's founders
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter
(Hebah H. Farrag and Ann Gleig, The Conversation)

Friday, 11 September 2020

Bishops preach against racism on feast of St. Peter Claver
(Catholic News Agency)

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Iowa college to remove statue of its founder over slavery
(Associated Press)

Friday, 4 September 2020

World Vision convenes yearlong racial justice initiative for church staffers
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

King [Tom] Cotton
(William B. Lawrence, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

New York parish anti-racism pledge prompts controversy
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

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