Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Panelists: Religious liberty benefits more than Christians
(Jenaye White, Cardinal & Cream (Union University))
Atheist wins £1000 compensation from council after religion-in-school dispute
(National Secular Society)
Why America's long history of protecting religion is at the center of gay marriage debate
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
The Menorah Tree: Dangerous religious syncretism or amazing religious creativity?
(Brad Hirschfield, Huff Post Religion)
Why is the UK making it so difficult for religious couples to adopt?
(Jemima Thackray, The Telegraph)
Yesh Atid MK seeks to make non-religious burial in Israel easier
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Muslim holiday of Ashura brings into focus Shia-Sunni differences
(Michael Lipka and Fatima Ghani, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Steady stream of abortion cases headed toward high court
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)
Temple to host solidarity conference with Israel
(Betty Nelander, Palm Beach Daily News)
ACLU: Mercy anti-abortion policy illegal
(Joe Hanel, Shane Benjamin, The Durango Herald)
Appeals court dismisses failure to supervise suit against diocese by abuse victim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 20-22 November 2013: Religions for Peace 9th World Assembly
(How to participate and connect online)
EVENT, 15 November 2013: Stand for the Family conference shines light on issues affecting the family
(Cecily Markland, KSL.com - Page Two)
Church 'moving away' from selecting school pupils based on religion
(Alice Philipson, The Telegraph)
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
England’s Orthodox Jewish birthrates soar, report finds
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Call for Papers (Due 3 Dec 2013): International Society for Media, Religion and Culture
(Adam, ISA RC22 News and Events)
USCCB General Assembly Presidential Address
(Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB))
Hawaii to become 15th state to grant gay marriage — leapfrogging Illinois
(Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News)
Calm down: Pope Francis has not abandoned “conservatives"
(Brantly Millegan, Aleteia)
Religious obligations protected at work
(Christopher B. Dolan, SF Examiner)
Court of Appeals: Federal government burdened Sikh religious liberty
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Religious songs likely to be withheld from Bordentown school winter concert
(David Foster, The Trentonian)
‘Anti-Semitism is non-existent in Azerbaijan’
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
Non-Muslim religious minorities in Azerbaijan, a secular state
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
U.S. Bishops issue ‘special message’ on HHS mandate at conclusion of General Assembly
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Soy story: Atrocious ‘reporting’ on insular religious groups
(Eliyahu Federman and James Moxness, Religion Dispatches)
Jewish leaders rally against Orthodox control of religion — and waning faith practice
(J.J. Goldberg, The Jewish Daily Forward)
SBC leader, other clergy, meet with Obama
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
In Oval Office, evangelicals press for immigration reform
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Youth easy prey for jihadists, analyst says
(Bakari Gueye, Magharebia)
Prayer space for all faiths
(Caroline Moses, The Quinnipiac Chronicle)
Tunisia hunts down terrorists
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
West Java: Islamists against Christian businessman accused of proselytising
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Q&A on Saint Augustine
(Miles Hollingworth, OUPblog)
Head of town in Mexico sends mob to beat, abduct Christians
(Morning Star News)
Five lessons from the world of faith
(Chris Seiple, Economic World Forum)
2 Mormon missionaries OK after attack in Kosovo; suspected assailants arrested
(Tad Walch and The Associated Press, Deseret News)
N.Y. Police investigating series of attacks on Jews
(JTA)
Fundamentalists disrupt interfaith Kristallnacht remembrance in Argentina
(JTA)
What happens when Jews intermarry?
(Greg Smith and Alan Cooperman, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Parsing Pew: New insights on Orthodox growth and intermarriage offspring
(Julie Wiener, JTA Telegraph)
The Pew Research Center responds to Tablet
(The Editors, Tablet)
Judge: Workplace lecture was religious harassment
(Clark Kauffman, USA Today)
Eisenhower's religion
(Mark Tooley, The American Spectator)
Court should end Quebec's trampling of religious freedoms
(Editorial, Calgary Herald)
Trinity Laura of St. Sergius doesn't confirm relics theft
(Interfax-Religion)
Conservative Judaism: Requiem for a movement
(Daniel Gordis, Jewish Review of Books)
Russians believe influence of Orthodox faith on country's development is considerable – poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Happy ending for the Kansas City Atheist Coalition
(JT Eberhard, Patheos Blog: wwjtd)
Judaism, after all, is a religion
(Yossi Ginzberg, The New York Jewish Week)
CESE say yes to religion in private enterprises
(Paola Battista, West / Welfare Society Territory)
How is same-sex marriage different from miscegenation?
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Australia Church child sex inquiry urges sweeping changes
(Tengri News)
Voices of Faith: Is yoga a religion?
(The Kansas City Star, The News Tribune)
Nevada Supreme Court stays out of dispute over judge's recusal for religious ties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mormon judge, lawyer quit case after religious roles are questioned
(Tim O'Reiley, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Atheists and believers seek common ground in Scotland
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
At least 21 killed in Iraq on religious holiday
(RT)
Jesus statue unscathed by Typhoon Haiyan
(CNN Belief Blog)
Turkey: Student-cohabitation fight about rights, not religion
(Dorian Jones, Eurasia.net)
I'm dreaming of a not-so-white Thanksgivukkah
(Jodi Eichler-Levine, Religion in American History (Blog))
Religious liberty bill will protect rights of all Mainers
(David Burns, BDN Maine Opinion)
Trouble for the contraception mandate
(Dorothy J. Samuels, The New York Times)
JFK’s undelivered speech gave vision of where he wanted to lead U.S.
(Ben Voth, Dallas News)
The triple tragedy of Christian persecution in Middle East
(Ken Starr, Institute for Studies of Religion - Baylor University)
Can Matteo Ricci’s beatification mend China’s rift with the Catholic Church
(Debra Bruno, The Atlantic)
Chapel survival * Exaggerating martyrs * A rabbi return: Wednesday’s religion news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
UK: The interfaith industry
(Samuel Westrop, Gatestone Institute)
Clash of ideologies plunges Bangladesh into cycle of violence
(Reuters, Voice of America)
Number of Christian martyrs continues to cause debate
(World Watch Monitor)
Attractions vs. actions: Homosexuality & God's story
(John Stonestreet, Religion Today)
EVENT, 15 November 2013. Mini-Colloquium on the Disparate Gender Impact of Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART)
(Helen Alvaré, Jennifer Lahl, Alana Newman, William Duncan, The Marriage and Family Law Research Project, Brigham Young University)
EVENT, 15 November 2013: An international response to a global vrisis: A conversation with Baroness Warsi on religious freedom
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
U.S. congregations report major gains in accepting gays and lesbians, racial, ethnic diversity
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
EVENT, 13 November 2013: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Value of Cultivating Respect for Religion
(W. Cole Durham, Jr., Peres Academic Center Law School)
Rabbinate's discrimination of Orthodox rabbis abroad prompts emergency Knesset meeting
(Haaretz (subscription required for full text))
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
A search for truth, or a Trojan horse for religion in schools?
(Alistair McBay, National Secular Society)
Injustice in South Korea causes international outcry
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)
Ecumenical organization releases first statement on evangelism in decades
(Mark A. Kellner, Adventist News Network)
Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes
(World Council of Churches)
Why more than 1.86 million Christians around the world believe in God the Mother
(Aileen Donnelly, National Post: Holy Post Blog)
Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar protest Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s upcoming visit
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)
Largest haul of repatriated church icons, mosaics returned to Cyprus after nearly 4 decades
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)
Fourth man charged in alleged anti-Semitic attack in Sydney
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hugh O’Flaherty, Ireland’s shining priest
(William Doino Jr., First Things: On the Square)
Fight for religious pluralism recurring theme of 2013 federations confab
(Ben Sales, JTA)
New analysis of Pew data: Children of intermarriage increasingly identify as Jews
(Theodore Sasson, Tablet)
Grappling with Pew at the G.A.
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Norway to introduce new regulations on circumcision
(JTA)
Norway to ‘control’ circumcision with respect for Jews and Muslims
(The Jewish Press)
Sharia law can't replace laws in Russian regions - State Duma
(Interfax)
Rutgers plans Bruce Springsteen theology class
(Eric R Danton, Rolling Stone, MSN Entertainment)
Lebanese clerics gather to call for religious diversity and co-existence
(Ayoub Khaddaj, Al-Shorfa)
Pope Francis is internet's top name of 2013, according to Global Language Monitor survey
(Huff Post Religion)
Business and religion: Choosing God
(Fr. Ted's Blog: Meditations of an Orthodox Priest)
A call for a more realistic reporting of Christian martyrs
(Judd Birdsall, Religion News Service)
Zombies vs. the resurrection of the dead
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)
British oil worker hurt in Iraq row over 'Shiite insult'
(Karim Jamil, The Daily Star (Lebanon))
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