Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
President of France calls on Catholics to engage politically
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
London abortion clinic buffer zone would criminalize prayer, pro-lifers say
(Catholic News Agency)
Massachusetts city moves to protect church providing sanctuary to immigrant family
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Update on third travel ban developoments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
First Presidency statement on Utah marijuana initiative
(Mormon Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Christian school teacher claims she was ousted for 'out-of-wedlock pregnancy'
(Jamie Satterfield, USA Today)
Evangelicals and Trump
(Frank Newport, Gallup)
2020 census will ask about same-sex marriages for the first time
(D'vera Cohn, Pew Research Center Factank)
Converting to Buddhism as a form of political protest
(Krithika Varagur, The Atlantic)
Myanmar official meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camp
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Report: Anti-Semitism rises, but violence against Jews falls
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
Poland stops ceremony for author accused of anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)
Paul Ryan announces retirement from Congress
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
For Quaker podcast, silence is golden
(Rachel Martin, NPR)
Open carry racism: The right wing fever dream that predates Trump
(Jason C. Bivins, Religion Dispatches)
Counting Religion in Britain, March 2018
(Clive D. Field, British Religion in Numbers)
India's rights advocates fear government's new committee to regulate online media
(UCANews)
Easter brought spate of violent attacks on Christians in India
(Christian Today)
Ohio pastor no longer allowed to offer lunchtime Bible study at school following complaint
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
American Atheists places president on leave pending investigation
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
'Imprisoned' Palestinian Christians down to last 1,000 in Gaza; Priest pleads for prayers
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Ted Cruz questions Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook's 'pervasive pattern of bias' against conservatives
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Traditional antisemitism is back, global study finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Gold-backed and Sharia compliant cryptocurrency launches
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Inadmissibility decision in Bonnaud and Lecoq v. France – should the Court have recognized the specificity of a same-sex relationship?
(Pieter Cannoot, Strasbourg Observers)
Megachurch pastor Bill Hybels resigns, calls sexual accusations ‘flat-out lies’
(John Bacon, Religion News Service)
‘Doubting Thomas’ story is about gratitude, not doubt
(Diana Butler Bass, Religion News Service)
More anti-Semitism, but less of it is violent, report says
(Aron Heller, Religion News Service)
The Defining Moment: Standing up when everyone else sits down
(Barry W. Bussey, The Weekender)
Education in out-of-school settings: the Government’s response
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Card Readers from Parish Buying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Kazakhstan: State demands young worshippers' personal data
(Forum 18 News Service)
Do not be afraid (What role does fear play in our lives today?)
(John H. Vaughn, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 11 April 2018: Equality for Secular Belief and Minority Faiths? Reflections on the Commission on Religion in British Public Life
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Students at over 200 schools join walkout to protest Planned Parenthood, abortion
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Commentary: Philadelphia sabotages its own adoption and foster care system
(Monica Burke, The Daily Signal)
The Saudi Crown Prince thinks he can transform the Middle East. Should we believe him?
(Karl Vick, Time)
U.S. press bestows blessing on 'frenemy' Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman, perhaps prematurely
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Seeking complex reactions to latest Pope Francis ink? Head over to Crux, not New York Times
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mixed reaction from U.S. pro-lifers to pope’s latest challenge
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders in Ireland herald 20th anniversary of Belfast Agreement
(Anglican News Service)
Nebraska budget denies taxpayer dollars for abortion
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
New study shows religious people are most trusted
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
UN appeals for humanitarian access in Myanmar's restive regions
(John Zaw, UCANews)
Card Zen to dedicate award to the persecuted Church in China
(Asia News)
Indiana suspects can now face murder charges for unborn child if mother is injured or killed
(Andre Henry, Relevant)
Indiana adopts law that counts unborn children as persons
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Study: Majority of pastors do not discipline church members
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Antisemitism: Israeli Labor leader cuts ties with Jeremy Corbyn
(Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)
Rejection by C of E has driven LGBT people to suicide, bishop says
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
How a humanist chaplain at U.K. hospital is a startling change
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
The NHS’s new humanist chaplain is a welcome sign of our shifting spirituality
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
A recent decision by Pakistan's high court to require declarations of faith
(Shehla Ahmad, World Religion News)
Crowdfunding scores first mosque in Outer Hebrides, UK
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Greek town ritually burned Judas as Orthodox celebrated Easter
(Petros Giannakouris and Demetris Nellas, Religion News Service)
Crowds mark 50 years since MLK funeral
(Jonathan Landrum Jr., Religion News Service)
Controversy erupts over Bible in Okinawa naval hospital display
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
At ‘Red Letter Revival,’ leaders give voice to evangelicals on the margins
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
‘Doubting Thomas’ story is not actually about doubt
(Diana Butler Bass, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
Legislating protection for faith spaces
(Andrew Bennett, Ottawa Life Magazine)
Pope Francis takes his critics to the woodshed
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
‘Rejoice and be glad’: Catholics respond to pope’s letter
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Italian-American church in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Guatemala’ gets new lease on life
(Katherine Fung, Religion News Service)
Why the label ‘cult’ gets in the way of understanding new religions
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)
Cultivating the connection between soil and the soul with ‘FaithLands’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
India Supreme Court affirms right to choose religion and marriage partner
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Choice of partner lies within individual’s zone of core privacy: SC in Hadiya case
(Vicky Nanjappa, One India)
Right to convert is part of fundamental right of choice: Supreme Court
(Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)
New book on Human Rights in CoE and EU
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
T&T bogged down by religion vs ‘human rights’
(Guardian)
Outcry as religious leaders become state ministers in India
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)
India: major faiths reject use of religious identity for political gain
(World Watch Monitor)
'Two or three illegal' church crosses torn down in central China
(Reuters)
Muslim immigrants and the 50 year impact of fair housing in Wisconsin
(Wisconsin Muslim Journal)
Trump appointee at center of fight over religious freedom
(Jessie Hellmann, The Hill)
Trump administration's religious liberty guidance a 'license to discriminate,' report says
(Julie Moreau, NBC News)
No integrity for Trump’s evangelical disciples. Sad!
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
France's Macron sparks uproar by reaching out to Catholic Church
(France 24)
Latin America’s biggest airline to kick off direct flights to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Legalizing assisted suicide harms those with depression, Hawaii bishop says
(Catholic News Agency)
Ugandan Archbishop meets with president after accusing government of spying on him
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Court upholds public school world religions curriculum against Establishment Clause challenge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
With nearly all ballots counted, ‘bathroom bill’ rejected by Anchorage voters
(Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News)
Anti-transgender bathroom initiative voted down in Anchorage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Pope Francis wants you to be holy online"
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice (A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory))
Who are the Yazidis?
(Stefan Dege, Deutsche Welle)
The UN belongs to all of us: Chinese prisoners of conscience speak out
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Why are Christian women more religious than Christian men?
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Why ‘safe spaces’ at universities are a threat to free speech
(Suzanne Whitten, The Conversation)
Pope Benedict XVI and Europe's future: New data about fading faith in Christendom's old heart
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
New data tool scores Australia and other countries on their human rights performance
(K. Chad Clay, The Conversation)
Stats on future of faith in Europe: What happens when Christendom's heart weakens?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Hungary votes to keep prime minister and right wing in power
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)
EVENT, 10 April 2018: Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Many Christians in Egypt renew faith in Sisi
(Farah Tawfeek, Egypt Independent)
'Multitude' of Egyptians coming to Christ despite persecution from Muslim extremists, reveal church leaders
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, Gospel Herald)
Texas church helps pay off $10 million medical debt for veterans
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Stunning HuffPost feature on Pulse massacre: Trial showed it was an ISIS attack, period
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Everyone got the Pulse massacre story completely wrong
(Melissa Jeltsen, Huffington Post)
Monday, 9 April 2018
Political Christianity in Orbán’s Hungary
(Geraldine Fagan, East-West Church Report, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2018)
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