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“Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, The Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom’ by Spencer W. McBride” by Peter Wosnik

Dec 5, 2022Canopy ForumConviction, Literature HighlightsChristianity, December 2022, History, Religious Freedom, Social Sciences, Wosnik, Peter

Image adapted from Wikicommons by DhLeaks44 / CC BY-SA 4.0 “REVIEW: Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, The Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom by Spencer W. McBride” Peter Wosnik Now a world-wide faith with over 16 million adherents, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (popularly known as Mormonism) began as a small, radical…

Open Hearts, Closed Doors: Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism by Nicholas Pruitt

Nov 30, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, History, November 2022, Politics, Pruitt, Nicholas, Religious Freedom

Open Hearts, Closed Doors: Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism Nicholas Pruitt The following is a modified excerpt from Nicholas Pruitt’s Open Hearts, Closed Doors (2021), used with permission from New York University Press. At the outset of the twentieth century, white Protestants still held a tight grasp on the cultural and social resources…

“The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam” by Tazeen Ali

Nov 25, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsAli, Tazeen, History, Human Rights / Civil Rights, November 2022, Religious Freedom, Sex and Gender

The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US IslamTazeen Ali The following is a modified excerpt from Tazeen Ali’s The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam (2022), out now from New York University Press. The Women’s Mosque of America (WMA) is a multi-racial women-only mosque in Los Angeles that…

“Ordinary Affects of U.S. Empire” by Candace Lukasik

Nov 11, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, History, Lukasik, Candace, November 2022, Politics

Religion and US Empire: Critical New Historiesedited by Tisa Wenger and Sylvester Johnson “Ordinary Affects of U.S. Empire”, A review by Candace Lukasik “American imperialist culture has seeped into Egyptian blood.” – Kirollos We sat on the back patio, eating watermelon in the heat of the sun on a chilly March day in 2021. Kirollos…

“Religious Diversity’s Benefit for Democracy” by Robert Wuthnow

Oct 31, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsHuman Rights / Civil Rights, October 2022, Politics, Wuthnow, Robert

Religious Diversity’s Benefit for DemocracyRobert Wuthnow The following is a modified except from Robert Wuthnow’s Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy (2021), out now from Princeton University Press. Religious advocacy is not the answer to the political challenges confronting the United States at this critical juncture in its history, any more than religious conviction…

“Natural Rights and the First Amendment Religion Clauses” by Vincent Phillip Muñoz

Oct 28, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Muñoz, Vincent Phillip, October 2022, Politics, Religious Freedom, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Natural Rights and the First Amendment Religion ClausesVincent Phillip Muñoz The following is a modified excerpt from Vincent Phillip Muñoz’s 2022 book Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses, available now from University of Chicago Press. It is now no more that toleration is…

“Religion: Relevant to Public Policy but Shielded from Critical Discussion?” by David A. Hollinger

Oct 21, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Hollinger, David A., October 2022, Politics

Religion: Relevant to Public Policy but Shielded from Critical Discussion?David A. Hollinger This essay draws on my new book, Christianity’s American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular (Princeton University Press, 2022). The United States today confronts a remarkable paradox: an increasingly secular society is saddled with an increasingly religious politics. In…

“Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and Nationalism” by Chiara Migliori

Oct 11, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Migliori, Chiara, October 2022, Politics, Social Sciences

Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and NationalismChiara Migliori This is an excerpt reprinted with permission from Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and Nationalism by Chiara Migliori copyright © 2022 Palgrave Macmillan. Six years have elapsed since Donald Trump became the President elect of the United States. Since…

“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…

“An Excerpt from ‘Crimesploitation'” by Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance

Aug 4, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsAugust 2022, Criminal Law, Kaplan, Paul, LaChance, Daniel, Media and Culture

Crimesploitation: Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Televisionby Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance No reality television program about crime and punishment satisfied a hunger to see inmates as redeemable more than the A&E network’s most watched show, Dog the Bounty Hunter. Over the course of 246 episodes that aired from 2004 to 2012, the show…