Interactions Podcast

Interactions Podcast

The Interactions podcast, a podcast about the interactions between law and religion, is produced by the CSLR and distributed by Canopy Forum. Watch out for new episodes this Fall.

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Masking Religious Freedom Violations

Masking Religious Freedom Violations

This upcoming symposium explores the complex and multifaceted nature of religious discrimination. Read more on how to register and attend.

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Ongoing Series

Ongoing Series

Our three latest series include essays on Transnational Christian Nationalism, IVF and ART, and a collaboration with the journal, Derecho en Sociedad. Explore our latest series by scholars around the globe.

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“Lifting the Mask on Undetected Religious Freedom Violations” by Dennis P. Petri

Costa Rican Pacific Coast, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) This article is part of our virtual symposium and essay series, “Masking Religious Freedom Violations.” Read more here. In 2006, Brian Grim and Roger Finke noted that religion was largely absent from international quantitative studies, partly due to a lack of high-quality data. Today, this gap

“Abortion, IVF, and the Moral Status of the Embryo: The Missing Middle” by Karey Harwood

“Christ Blessing the Children” by Lucas Cranach the Younger (CC0 1.0). This article is part of our “Religious Perspectives on Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy” series. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. In April 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued Dignitas Infinita, the most recent articulation of Catholic doctrine

“Religious Diplomacy in the Organization of American States: Challenges for the Promotion of Religious Freedom in the Americas” by Marcela A. Bordón Lugo

Interfaith Harmony at the Department of World Religions and Culture by Monir Uddin Jowel (CC BY-SA 4.0) The following essay is reprinted and adapted on Canopy Forum in collaboration with the journal Derecho en Sociedad, a biannual electronic publication that is free and open access. Their issue 18(2) features full length articles in Spanish and English. Read Lugo’s long-form

“The Right, Edmund Burke, and Family Policy: Misappropriations of the “Little Platoon”” by Madeleine Armstrong

Oil painting portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry (Public Domain) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. At the annual gala of The American Conservative magazine in Washington,

“The Rise of the Christian Right in Europe” By Gionathan Lo Mascolo and Kristina Stoeckl

Viktor Orbán, Hungary by Elekes Andor (CC BY-SA 4.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. In recent decades, Europe has witnessed the emergence of the Christian Right as

“A Christian Constitutional Challenge – Hungary’s Fundamental Law” by Stephen Dolan

Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Elisabeth Church in Hungary by Marcin Szala (CC BY-SA 4.0). This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Despite its relative size

“Religious Belief as an Existential Threat: How Russia Victimizes Religious Minorities in Russia and in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine” by Dr. Kyriaki Topidi

“Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks” by Ilya Repin (CC0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Russia counts more than 200 ethnic groups among its more than 140 million

“Politics Of Identity And Exclusion: Italy’s Matteo Salvini And The Rise Of Pan-European Christian Nationalism” by Thomas Jared Farmer

Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, Wikimedia Commons (Attribution: Presidency of the Italian Republic). This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Rightwing Politics in Italy: From Christian Democracy

Gender, Russian Orthodoxy, and the Invention of “Traditional” Values by Regina Elsner

Russian Orthodox Church, Rocklea, Russia by Bert Knot (CC 2.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. For many years, Russia has been known as one of the main

“Fraternity: The Long Lost Companion of Liberty and Equality in the United States” by Marguerite Hattouni Spencer

Image by Filip Filipović from Pixabay Our nation is at a crossroads. In light of our calcifying divisiveness in the United States of America, we are worried that our lively constitutional experiment may fail. To get our bearings, it might be helpful to reflect back on what the “land of the free” stands for and