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“Effective Altruism and Religion: Synergies, Tensions, Dialogue” by Dominic Roser and Stefan Riedener

Sep 30, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsPhilosophy, Riedener, Stefan, Roser, Dominic, September 2022

Effective Altruism and Religion: Synergies, Tensions, Dialogue Dominic Roser and Stefan Riedener The following is a modified version of the introduction to Effective Altruism and Religion: Synergies, Tensions, Dialogue, an open-access volume published and available at the Nomos eLibrary here. 1. Effective Altruism and Religion: An Intriguing Encounter The effective altruism (EA) movement matters. In…

“Carson v. Makin: Implications for Students’ Civil Rights in Taxpayer Funded Religious Schools” by Suzanne Eckes, and Preston Green

Sep 28, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesEckes, Suzanne, Education, Green, Preston, Human Rights / Civil Rights, September 2022, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Moren Hsu on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that when a state funds private school education it must…

“Law, Religion & Abortion Law of the United States: A Jewish View” by Michael J. Broyde

Sep 26, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesBroyde, Michael J., Healthcare, Judaism, Religious Law and Legal Systems, September 2022

Picture by Annie Spratt on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Note: This work is a profoundly revised version intended to be accessible to a secular audience of a…

“There is No Religious Freedom Argument for Abortion in Islam” by Ismail Royer

Sep 23, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesHealthcare, Religious Freedom, Royer, Ismail, September 2022

Picture by The Dancing Rain on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. God commanded us through the example of His Prophet to pray for the dead, and He did…

“Why Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Persecuted?” by Mathew N. Schmalz

Sep 16, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, History, Religious Freedom, Schmalz, Mathew N., September 2022

Picture by Jace Grandinetti on Unsplash. Since 2017, the Russian government has attempted to “liquidate” Jehovah’s Witnesses as a religious organization. Branding Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” group akin to a terrorist organization, the Russian government has confiscated the organization’s property. Witnesses have been beaten and jailed. This persecution has been condemned by the European Court…

“The Universal Application of Laws is Never Equal: Antisemitism in U.S. Law” by Mia Brett

Aug 18, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysAugust 2022, Brett, Mia, History, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Judaism

“Klan display their robes at the U.S. Capitol: 1925” by Washington Area Spark (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED). Until the Civil Rights movement in the twentieth century, courts interpreted laws as non-discriminatory if they applied equally to all, no matter their impact. Segregation, anti-miscegenation laws, and “Sunday Laws” were all constitutional because they all applied to…

“‘Drawn from out of the very bowels of heaven and earth’: Natural Law and Discursive Politics in Richard Hooker” by Luke Zerra

Aug 17, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysAugust 2022, Christianity, Philosophy, Zerra, Luke

Statue of Richard Hooker on Exeter Cathedral Close by Rob Brewer (CC BY-SA 2.0) Richard Hooker (1554-1600) is credited — alongside Thomas Cranmer — as the most important theologian of the English Reformation. The six books of his Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity issued a defense of the Elizabethan Church of England against more radical Protestants, calling for…

“Carson v. Makin and the Blossoming of Religious Freedom in Education” by Charles J. Russo

Aug 16, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesAugust 2022, Christianity, Education, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J., US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Wokandapix on Pixabay. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Notwithstanding the fears of the Supreme Court’s critics, who suggest that it intends to eliminate public education by providing…

“Kennedy v. Bremerton: The Wall Separating Church and State Just Got a Little Shorter” by Brett A. Geier

Aug 15, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesAugust 2022, Christianity, Constitutional Law, Geier, Brett, Politics

Picture by Ted Eytan (CC BY-SA 2.0) This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Kennedy v. Bremerton was heard by the Supreme Court in 2022. But the case truly began in…

“State and Non-State Violations of Religious Freedom and Implications for National Unity in Nigeria” by Dodeye Uduak Williams

Aug 5, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysAfrica (Geography), August 2022, Politics, Religious Freedom, Williams, Dodeye Uduak

Picture by Faseeh Fawaz on Unsplash. Nigeria is home to about 250 ethnic groups and culturally diverse communities with different religious affiliations, who speak over 500 different languages. The three dominant ethnic groups are the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Nigerians practice Christianity, Islam or an indigenous religion. The country is divided almost equally between the…