Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Beyonce bought a historic church in New Orleans
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Traditional disobedience: Renewing the legacy of Catholic activism
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Indian archbishop urges Catholics to pray for democracy
(Associated Press)
YWCA ends menstrual project with Satanists
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Mormon missionaries pulled from Nicaragua due to unrest
(Associated Press)
Trump, "big fan of Hindu," to force thousands of Nepalis back to disaster zone
(Murali Balaji, Religion Dispatches)
Tony Perkins will fit right in at religious freedom commission
(Caroline Matas, Religion Dispatches)
The Pope's turnaround on sex abuse may have 'Tsunami effect'
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Some things old, some things new, in Sussexes’ royal wedding
(Letters, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on papal infallibility: an authoritarian U-turn
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Australian archbishop convicted of child sex abuse cover-up
(Rod McGuirk, Religion News Service)
Archbishop Philip Wilson found guilty of covering up child sexual abuse
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
Archbishop Philip Wilson stands aside after child sexual abuse cover-up conviction
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
Pastor posts "black folks need to stay out of white churches" sign
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
'Elitist den of hate': Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich liberals
(Sam Levin, The Guardian)
NBC cancels anti-Christian show "Rise"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
In finding common ground, Jimmy Carter and Liberty U set good example
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Vatican document on economic ethics is a dismal read on a timely topic
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Miroslav Volf delves into the theology of joy: A Q&A
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
German bishops employ Lutheran subjectivism for marriage agenda
(Jeffrey Tranzillo, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
Physician-assisted suicide and personal action: Responding to the law
(Christopher O. Tollefsen, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Groundbreaking settlement protects religious freedom in senior community
(Pacific Justice Institute)
American Bishop Michael Curry is said to have stolen the show at the British royal wedding
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Episcopal Bishop Curry gives royal wedding an American flair
(Gregory Katz and David Rising, Religion News Service)
A black bishop brings a political message to the royal wedding
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Astonishment as dose of civil rights puts seal on a radical wedding
(Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian)
Royal wedding pastor Michael Curry is pro-gay marriage -- should it matter?
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Episcopalians reflect on staying power of ‘the sermon that stole the show’
(Emily McFarlan Miller and Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
About the royal wedding sermon…..
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Pruitt’s misuse of religion to sell out our air and water
(Emily London, Center for American Progress)
Institutional Islamophobia in the United States: Q&A with American Philosopher Daniel Tutt
(Kourosh Ziabari, International Policy Digest)
EVENT, 22 May 2018: Roger Bolton - Religion - Is Broadcasting fit for purpose?
((scroll down), Goldsmiths University of London - Faith and Civil Society Unit)
American bishop brings human rights focus to royal wedding
(David Rising, Religion News Service)
Michael Curry’s royal wedding sermon will go down in history
(Diana Evans, The Guardian)
Rights group: Rohingya insurgents massacred Myanmar Hindus
(Todd Pitman, Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: 40 months, 65 criminal convictions
(Forum 18 News Service)
Monday, 21 May 2018
Religious war looms in Nigeria as Christian body count climbs
(Lela Gilbert, Newsmax)
Muslim Tunisians are arguing for the freedom to eat in Ramadan
(Randa Darwish, Al Bawaba)
Turkish opposition MPs condemn destruction of Yazidi religious building
(Ahval News)
All mosques in China should raise national flag ‘to promote patriotism’, says China Islamic Association
(Times Now News)
French Muslim student Maryam Pougetoux hits back over headscarf claims
(BBC News)
In France, veiled union leader sparks another secularism debate
(Emilie Boyer King, France 24)
A Philippine divorce law is a step in the right direction
(Adam Garrie, Eurasia Future)
Autocephalous Church will complete formation of Ukraine's spiritual independence, boost national security - Poroshenko
(Interfax-Religion)
Sexual minorities hold their first successful parade in Chisinau
(Interfax-Religion)
Terrorist attack on Orthodox church in Chechnya
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
By-gone Orthodox spokesman criticizes new Russian government
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Muslim extremists target Orthodox churches
(Darya Fedotova, Moskovskii Komsomolets)
Illegal Immigration and the Book of Ruth
(Margo Schlanger, The Tablet)
Israel and Evangelicals: New U.S. Embassy signals a growing alliance
(David D. Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Dias and David M. Halbfinger, The New York Times)
Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone quits Labour party amid anti-Semitism row
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Thirty Years' War: A battle over religion, power and territory (slideshow)
(Ralf Bosen, Deutsche Welle)
3.5 million Argentines rally against bill to liberalize abortion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
North Carolina becomes the latest state to consider “In God We Trust” in schools legislation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
NC public schools would have to post 'In God We Trust' signs under proposed bill
(Will Doran and T. Keung Hui, News Observer)
Police kill 4 gunmen who raided Orthodox church in Chechnya
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Iran’s transgender people face discrimination despite fatwa
(Mehdi Fattahi and Nasser Karimi, Associated Press)
Pope laments ‘hemorrhaging’ of priests and nuns in Europe
(Associated Press)
Having their cake and eating it too: The fight for civil rights and religious liberty are one
(Rachel Cooley, The Media Project)
CNN interviews 100 Muslims for its '25 most influential' list, and takes a few hits from critics
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Too many liberals int he liberal arts?
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
The Role of Religion and Religious Freedom in Responding to Violent Extremism
(Brett Scharffs, Religion, Law and Security in Africa, M. Christian Green, T. Jeremy Gunn, and Mark Hill, eds.)
Adoption law: In battle over gay rights vs. religious freedom, one side draws way more news ink
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Transgender Filipinos and playing journalism's conflict card when the conflict's largely settled
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
That wave of attacks on churches in Indonesia: Is the 'moderate' Muslim news hook gone?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
If parents want to decline cancer treatment for their child in favor of herbs, is that religion news?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Yes, numbers make news. But how can careful journalists find and evaluate them?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Follow the money: Does old United Methodist left really want a smashing LGBTQ win in 2019?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
This 400-year-old church is older than almost any institution in America
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
The very definition of old news, and what a joy to read: A feature on a 400-year-old church
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Gay students forced to read Bible verses, which offers media chance to bash town in Oregon
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Keeping Catholic foster care in Philly
(National Review)
Court: Inmate can sue state for being forced to work religious holiday
(Pat Poblete, Cronkite News)
'Historic' cross that stood on Michigan State land for decades is removed
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
2016 was the year queer and trans Muslims entered the public consciousness: Mahdia Lynn on this new era
(The Editors, Religion Dispatches)
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a religion?
(Galen Watts, Religion News Service)
French group's manifesto against Quran draws rebuttals in Egypt
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Israel’s policies threaten to spark religious war
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
In US evangelical capital, a new progressiveness and differing views on Israel
(Josiah Hesse, The Guardian)
Church of Scotland to draft new same-sex marriage laws
(Press Association, The Guardian)
The Vatican in Venice (and a cardinal who walks on the wild side)
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)
Will evangelicals come out for Trump's Republican party in November?
(Ben Jacobs, The Guardian)
‘Hearts without God’: Santa Fe shooting leaves reformers facing a religious wall
(Tom Dart, The Guardian)
Far-right activists who invaded mass would be charged with terrorism if Muslim, rector says
(Merran Hitchick, The Guardian)
Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this'
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
The pope says God made gay people just as we should be – here’s why his comments matter
(Ruth Hunt, The Guardian)
LGBT community cheers pope’s ‘God made you like this’ remark
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Priest and Nun twins - consecrated to Mary as infants in near-death
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Aura light show at Notre-Dame basilica amazes visitors
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
First black catholic priest on path to Sainthood
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Christian universities engaging in censorship of newspapers
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Despite fears, Christians should be practicing meditation
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
What are halal foods?
(Myriam Renaud, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis tells gay man God loves him just the way he made them
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Sunday, 20 May 2018
May 20: Anti-semitism, adoption via Catholic services, USCIRF appointment and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Law and religion round-up – 20th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
What's Missing in the New CDF Document: Critique of corrupting, inequality-increasing monopolies
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
CALL FOR PAPERS [due 20 May 2018]: State Responses to Security Threats and Religious Diversity: What Future for Europe in the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium?
(Conference in Prague, 26-28 November 2018:, Pardubice University Department for the Study of Religion / Brigham Young University International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Photos: Across the Muslim world, the holy month of Ramadan begins
(Associated Press)
Saturday, 19 May 2018
EVENT, 18-19 May 2018: Taking the Measure of Where We Are Today
(Princeton University)
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