Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 1 October 2018
Religious people under-represented in UK TV industry, regulator finds
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
In New York, faith leaders, health providers build partnerships to end AIDS and TB in the young
(Ecumenical News)
Ukrainian government official enlists diplomatic support for autocephaly
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Rome distances itself from the Ukrainian question
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Violence erupts in dispute over autocephaly
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Autocephaly opponents take issue to court
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Anti-extremism personnel check Orthodox Jewish site
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Religion in the workplace: What managers need to know
(Dina Gerdeman, Harvard Business School)
Religious freedom for me, but not for thee
(Katherine Franke, The Washington Post)
2 Chinese bishops participating in Vatican synod in a first
(Associated Press)
California court allows school anti-Muslim bullying initiative to proceed
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Algeria approves beatification service for slain Catholics
(Associated Press)
LDS launches new website to overcome porn addiction
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Addressing pornography: Protection, help, healing
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Answers, hope and healing for those impacted by pornography
(News Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Concern over Baha'i followers trial by Yemen rebels
(BBC News)
City council member arrested in Iran for speaking out against detention of Baha’is
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Indonesian churchgoers wail as Jambi City shuts down their church
(MSN)
Judge blocks state contract law intended to help Israel
(Howard Fischer, Payson Roundup)
Arizona's anti-BDS law enjoined
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kentucky Supreme Court allows limited discovery in suit against church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Hand of Hope RLUIPA claims survive summary judgment
(Karla Chaffee, RLUIPA-Defense)
Christian leaders bitterly divided over Kavanaugh sex assault allegations, FBI probe
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Thousands of Christians gather in prayer at state capitals across America
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
U.S. Health and Human services department cut contract to purchase "fetal tissue" for testing
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
USCIRF Vice Chair is adopting Jehovah's Witness and Scientologist religious prisoners in Russia
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
USCIRF Vice Chair Arriaga adopts two religious prisoners of conscience
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Judge overturns Hawaii law requiring pregnancy centers to distribute information about abortion and contraception
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Hillsong to form its own denomination
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Kavanaugh clears committee, FBI investigation now looms
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Turkey charges Pastor Brunson with 'Christianization', daughter says it equates Christianity to 'terrorism'
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
The Kavanaugh prosecutor is asking a baffling line of questions
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
'We are scared, but we have Jesus': China and its war on Christianity
(Benjamin Haas, The Guardian)
Pope Francis removes Chilean priest at center of sex abuse scandal
(Associated Press in Vatican City, The Guardian)
Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini
(Maev Kennedy, The Guardian)
The Satanic Verses sowed the seeds of rifts that have grown ever wider
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)
Fears that graves being dug up at London cemetery to free burial space
(Robert Booth, The Guardian)
Archbishop of York says he will retire in 2020
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Faith leaders want a moral voice to tackle climate change
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Nuns win another victory in battle against gun violence
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Pastor Andrew Brunson's fate will be decided by Turkish Court
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Dixie State University removes Book of Mormon and Bibles from hotel rooms after guest complaints
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Has American Judaism jumped the shark?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
God and Man at the Kavanaugh hearing
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Who among us? What the Kavanaugh hearings can teach us about forgiveness
(Katelyn Beaty, Religion News Service)
What’s next for Willow Creek?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
After Senate clash, Kavanaugh nomination an occasion for prayer
(Jack Jenkins and Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Rubio Statement on Nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court
(Press Release, Marco Rubio US Senator for Florida)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
First India-Indonesia Interfaith Dialogue to be held in October 2018
(The New Indian Express)
RESPONSE FORM for 2019 ACLARS Call for Papers
Review of Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization: Religious Diplomacy in the Age of the Anthropocene
(Adam Loch, Reading Religion)
Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization: Religious Diplomacy in the Age of the Anthropocene [New Link]
(Sherrie M. Steiner, Brill)
What would Fred Rogers have thought about Ford v. Kavanaugh?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Considering interfaith relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims: an interview with Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.
(Joseph Preville, World Religion News)
‘New Age’ beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans
(Claire Gecewicz, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Saturday, 29 September 2018
NSS protests UK judge’s claim that Islam is a peaceful religion
(Barry Duke, Patheos)
The religion vs. human rights debate
(Aanya Wipulasena, Sunday Observer)
Niqab ban triggers reactions from Algerian Salafists
(The Arab Weekly)
U.S. forces Russian bishop to leave country
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
American refusal of Russian churchman's visa a new cold war
(Aleksei Markarkin, Telegram Bunin & Co)
A Muslim country, Catholic country and Jewish country celebrate the Talmud together. No joke
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
MRS chief: Proposed rule change for green cards ‘a fear-creator’
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)
Are religious freedom claims subject to religious bias and political agenda?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Romania: Broadcast of same-sex marriage debate interrupted
(Associated Press)
Friday, 28 September 2018
Testimony of USCIRF Chair Tenzin Dorjee on religious freedom abuses in China
(As prepared for delivery, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Mandatory reporting seminar – transcript and materials
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
How the Chinese government stifles religious faith
(Chris Smith, The Washington Times)
China renames river with Arabic-sounding name to weaken Islamic influence
(Christina Zhao, Newsweek)
Anglicanism, evangelicalism and Brexit: The odd connection between Brexit and lukewarm religion
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russia to continue sending relief to Syria through religious organizations
(Interfax-Religion)
Radicals seize church in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia-supported rebels extend Russian law to their area
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Danish Jehovah's Witness gets America's attention
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Do politics belong in church?
(The Christian Century)
The politics of religion in American public schools
(Usra Ghazi and Benjamin P. Marcus, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Danish committee OKs draft resolution calling to ban circumcision
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In first, Bank of England erects sukkah for Jewish workers
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Italy’s populist regime defies Pope Francis anew over immigration
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India’s top court lifts temple’s ban on women who menstruate
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Russian Orthodox Church issues warning to Orthodoxy’s leader
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
US urges Myanmar to prosecute abusers of Muslim minority
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
$35 million verdict against Jehovah's Witness organization in sex abuse case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Read it all: The New Yorker offers a stunningly good take on the 'Christian' rock wars
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Kazakhstan: Senate approves more religious freedom restrictions
(Forum 18 News Service)
Thursday, 27 September 2018
In Nigeria, voodoo festival shows strength of traditions
(Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)
Jury: Jehovah’s Witnesses must pay $35M to abuse survivor
(Matt Volz, Associated Press)
Attack ad against McCaskill slammed as ‘Islamophobic’
(Summer Ballentine, Associated Press)
1 French employee out of 4 discriminated in the workplace
(Associated Press)
Oral arguments in prayer at football games
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anger at Dutch plan to ask race and religion of gun licence applicants
(Daniel Boffey, The Guardian)
Kyrgyzstan’s crackdown on extremist material: Further reforms needed
(Letta Tayler, The Diplomat)
Indonesia blasphemy woman endures cramped cell, bad food
(Associated Press)
Church sign meant to spread word of God sparks rights complaint
(Nicholas Keung, The Star)
Why is today's senate hearing so crucial?
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
Gender ideology over science: How the new sexual orthodoxy endangers kids
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Thousands of Christians flock to Israel to celebrate the feast of Sukkot
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
How Christian leaders should, and should not, speak in this Kavanaugh moment
(Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today)
The unintended impact of the church planting industry on our evangelistic impact
(Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today)
When pastors are sexual abuse survivors
(Joshua Pease, Christianity Today)
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