Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 1 July 2017
A Conversation with Peter L. Berger "How my views have changed"
(Gregor Thuswaldner, The Crest: A review of literature, the arts, and public affairs)
Peter Berger, Sociology's defender of God (1929-2017)
(Mark Juergensmeyer, Religion Dispatches)
Anglicans, Methodists in UK consider sharing ministers
(Catholic News Agency)
'Extreme' abortion push in UK prompts outcry from doctors
(Catholic News Agency)
German bishops criticize parliament's approval of gay marriage
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Why this priest isn't afraid of Christianity's waning influence
(Marianne Medlin and Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
EVENT, 23 July - 3 August 2017, Elijah Interfaith School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar
(Jerusalem)
Canada celebrates 150 years, a separation from Christianity
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Trinity Lutheran Church case may have swift impact
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
CONTEST, Deadline 1 July 2017: The Eighth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition
(District of Columbia Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Friday, 30 June 2017
Diplomacy and religious freedom: An American agency denounces the treatment of Muslims in China
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Facebook pushes to crack down on hate speech
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The Erie Canal and the birth of American religion
(S. Brent Rodriquez Plate, Religion News Service)
“Misconduct in Public Office” revisited
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
80% of Canadians would choose an atheist Prime Minister
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
A battle over prayer in schools tests Canada's multiculturalism
(Dan Levin, The New York Times)
Ukraine: the Forgotten War
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
1,66 year old basilica of ancient Nicaea found underwater to become a museum
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)
Trump travel ban guideline incorrectly interprets Supreme Court order, refugee advocates say
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Arkansas Ten Commandments monument destroyed hours after installation
(The Guardian)
Mark Zuckerberg, the Church of Facebook can never be. Here’s why
(Peter Ormerod, The Guardian)
Modi condemns rise in mob violence against beef-eaters in India
(The Guardian)
Rejoice! Centrism in British politics is dead and big ideas are back
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Destruction of Mosul's Great Mosque holds a heritage lesson for Australia
(Dale Stephens and Tara Gutman, The Guardian)
U.S. about to eliminate antisemitism monitor in the State Department
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Regional developments accelerate Hamas-Hezbollah reconciliation
(Adnan Abu Amer, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
As Mosul battle nears end, Iraqi Christians wary of return
(Wassim Bassem, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
The reason Erdogan champions press freedom abroad
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iran cracks down on Salafists in wake of Tehran attacks
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Cardinal George Pell takes a leave of absence after sex assault charges
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
When it’s sexuality versus religion, Americans stand divided
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Car-care ministries a growing niche in midsize cities
(Madeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)
Half sib? Welcome. Fiance? Not so fast. New travel ban rules decried as illogical
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Is the Bible more pro-woman than you assume?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)
American Jews plan campaign to change Israeli minds about Judaism’s diversity
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
A time of judgment: The prosecution of an Australian cardinal puts Pope Francis on the spot
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pope Francis may be about to dismiss Vatican’s doctrinal chief
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Cardinal’s sex abuse charges raise questions about pope’s record
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Pensacola fights to preserve historic cross
(Press Release, Becket Law)
The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church sets up its first community in Pakistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Watch: Secret illegal Jewish wedding on Temple Mount
(Ariane Mandell and Eytan Halon, Jerusalem Post)
Top Catholic cleric in Palermo honored for returning ancient synagogue land to Jews
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
Has the religious minority taken over Israel?
(Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll, Jerusalem Post)
Kazakhstan: Six jailed for sharing faith
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witnesses are accommodated by countries neighboring Russia
(KrynitsaInfo, Russia Religion News)
Controversial Israeli conversion bill delayed for 6 months
(Cnaan Liphshiz and Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Appealing to the umpire: The infant Islamic-bond industry faces a crisis
(The Economist)
Pastors in Texas find new ways to serve fearful immigrants
(Associated Press)
Religious freedom and discrimination: Why the debate continues
(Albert Mohler, The Gospel Coalition)
How Supreme Court may redefine 'wall of separation' on religion
(Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor)
Canada offers a better model on religious freedom
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New hate crime data released by DOJ
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Majority of hate crime victimizations go unreported to police
(Press Release, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Church sues over zoning ruling on use of building for Christian school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Preliminary injunction refused: Settlement in mosque zoning dispute stands
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Harassment suit to proceed against Erie Catholic Diocese
(Ed Palattella, Go Erie)
Diocese and parishes may be single employer for purposes of Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
God and Grime – The Religious Literacy of British Hip Hop
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)
Algeria: Wave of arrests and prosecutions of hundreds of Ahmadis
(Amnesty International)
Bearing witness from a prison in Indonesia
(Bob Osburn, First Things)
Separating the Inseparable: Technology’s Sexual Nihilism
(Bethany Wall, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
The need of a shared understanding of freedom in the OSCE Region
(Commentary by Dominic Zoehrer, HRWF consultant, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
A Necessary Step? Examining Religious Freedom and Counterterrorism
(NIlay Saiya, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Germany's Bundestag passes bill on same-sex marriage
(Timothy Jones, Deutsche Welle)
Germany approves same-sex marriage, bringing it in line with much of Western Europe
(Isaac Stanley-Becker and Stephanie Kirchner, The Washington Post)
A progressive German mosque draws condemnation at home and abroad
(Austin Davis, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 30 June 2017: "A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine"
(Professor William Toffler, Right to Life New South Wales)
EVENT, 30 June 2017: Rabbi David Saperstein to speak at Religious Liberty Council Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
What the European Academy of Religion says about religion
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
This week in Christian history: Julian the Apostate, Geronimo and John Wesley
(The Christian Post)
Cornerstone: Religious Freedom and Counterterrorism - A blog series
(Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Thursday, 29 June 2017
The continuing triumph of faith: The world is becoming more religious
(Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post)
Al-Azhar says Islam ‘totally incompatible’ with violence, as IS shifts focus to Upper Egypt
(World Watch Monitor)
As ISIL's 'caliphate' crumbles, its ideology remains
(Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera)
Jehovah's Witnesses seek ways to operate in Uzbekistan
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Kentucky-fried Christianity: Governor Matt Bevin wants to pray away violence in Louisville
(Spencer Dew, Religion Dispatches)
Chief Justice Roberts quoted this little-known 19th-century lawmaker in siding with religious institutions in church-state decision
(Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
Ahead of the G20 Interfaith Summit. Religion, Development and the Refugee Crisis in the EU Agenda
(Food for Thought, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Office)
Netanyahu claims he didn't kill Western Wall prayer deal — he's saving it
(Ben Sales, Forward)
Israel's controversial conversion bill, explained
(Ben Sales, Times of Israel)
Lawyers, activists gear up for travel ban airport issues
(Abigail Williams and Adam Edelman, NBC News)
Tajikistan: Trial imminent for arrested pastor
(Forum 18 News Service)
Adherents of Muslim sect sentenced in St. Petersburg
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
The need of a shared understanding of freedom in the OSCE region
(HRWF/FOREF Europe)
Britain forces secular orthodoxy on religious Jewish girls
(Elliot Kaufman, National Review)
Union official must apologize to South African Jews for hate speech, court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope: Society needs labor unions and needs them to be inclusive
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Court denies lawsuit challenging NC law excusing magistrates from marriage duties
(Mark Barrett, Asheville Citizen-Times)
Movement toward Dalit emancipation in India can't be halted, Bishop D'Souza says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Survey: Most Israelis favor religious pluralism
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, Jerusalem Post)
No taxpayer standing to challenge North Carolina conscience law excusing magistrates from performing marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan Supreme Court holds ecclesiastical abstention doctrine is not jurisdictional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Abortion and human rights in Northern Ireland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tynwald and the Bishop of Sodor & Man
(Peter Edge, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
EU Court says tax exemptions for the Catholic Church in Spain may constitute unlawful State aid
(Dan Alexe, New Europe)
NJ court: beis din can enforce religious law
(The Jewish Star)
Vatican's Cardinal George Pell charged with historical sex offences in Australia
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
State Dept. refuses to staff Anti-Semitism Office
(George Thomas, interview with Katrina Lantos Swett, CBN News)
First Church Estates Commissioner announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Refusal to teach LGBT issues could fail a Jewish school in Britain
(Catholic News Agency)
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