CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline for submission 31 January 2025: Young Scholars Fellowship at Oxford (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, new deadline 29 December 2024: Eighth Annual Conference: Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives and Beyond (Vienna, Austria) (The European Academy of Religion)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 12 December 2024: Intro to Interfaith Engagement (United Religions Initiative)

Australia: Archbishop welcomes clarification on religious protections under proposed Victorian anti-vilification laws (Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne)

Human dignity: Interreligious teachings in time of global conflict (YouTube Video, Elijah Interfaith Institute)

Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem encourage fully commemorating Christmas season (World Council of Churches)

Pakistan: A 2nd ceasefire is reached between warring Shiites and Sunni Muslims in Pakistan’s restive northwest (Associated Press)

El Salvador: Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining (Associated Press)

Recent articles, books, and podcasts of interest - 2 December 2024 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

India: Farooq Abdullah and Congress leaders voice concerns over religious discrimination and court orders (Devdiscourse)

India: What is behind the 'reclaiming temples' campaign? (Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)

India's anti-conversion law is fine-tuned to allow policing of Christians (Mohammad Ali, Religion News Service)

Bangladesh: What does Bangladesh’s constitution state about religious freedom? (Faizan Mustafa, The Hindu)

South Korea: Does cross atop Christmas tree at Seoul Plaza reflect religious bias? (Lee Jaeeun, Korea Herald)

China's evolving faith communities amid government regulation (Katherine Guo, China Christian Daily)

China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest November 16-30 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Teaching religions in public education (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

Remember Me: A Catholic Approach to Criminal Justice (Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales)

Law and religion roundup – 1st December (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Head of the RMA: No UOC-MP communities left in the Lviv region (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Thousands of conscientious objectors in Ukraine under threat of 3-year prison terms (Willy Fautré, The European Times)

Why Orthodoxy could become the state religion in Georgia (Thomas Guichard, La Croix International)

Joint Report: The Plight of Iranian Christians Seeking International Protection in Georgia (Middle East Concern, Article 18, CSW and Open Doors International)

Romanian MEP explains why diaspora churches received most Government funding (Basilica.ro)

Land is kin (Dana Lloyd, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Separation of church and state? Religion in public schools is being tested by Christian conservatives (Erik Ortiz, NBC News)

Religion, politics and the 2024 election (George Washington University)

Marysville (OH) schools offer new religious release program through Satanic Temple (Katie Millard, NBC 4)

The little-known story behind the oldest surviving synagogue in America (Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine)

Does politics belong in the church? Does the church belong in politics? (1984) (Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)