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“America’s Constitutional Theology: Sovereignty and Grace In Bostock, Espinoza, and Our Lady of Guadalupe” by William E. Thro

Feb 5, 2021Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Constitutional Law, February 2021, Politics, Thro, William E., US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Photo by Jorge Alcala on Unsplash. Constitutional Theology is the intersection of theology with constitutional theory. Constitutional Theology recognizes that the constitutional design will reflect society’s beliefs about the nature of humanity or those who rule. At the same time, it acknowledges that, if the constitutional system is to work, a faith’s interactions with the…

“Is Nigel Biggar’s ‘What’s Wrong with Rights?’ sufficiently realistic?” by Hans-Martien ten Napel

Feb 2, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, February 2021, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Philosophy of Religion, ten Napel, Hans-Martien

Image by Pexels from Pixabay. This article is part of our “What’s Wrong with Rights?” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. What’s Wrong with Rights is a superb book. If there is one subject that lends itself to interdisciplinary research, it is that of human rights. To the extent…

“The Cross and the Criminal Record” by Darrin Sims

Jan 26, 2021Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Criminal Law, January 2021, Sims, Darrin

Photo by Guido Coppa on Unsplash. Though you might not know it, you’re probably familiar with the Biblical story of Barabbas. Appearing only briefly in the crucifixion narrative of the New Testament, Barabbas is the prisoner who was chosen by the crowd, over Jesus Christ, to be released by Pontius Pilate in a customary pardon…

“Biggar and the Kind of Human Dignity that Remains” by Jennifer A. Herdt

Jan 22, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Herdt, Jennifer A., Human Rights / Civil Rights, January 2021, Philosophy of Religion

Photo by Konrad Ziemlewski on Unsplash. This article is part of our “What’s Wrong with Rights?” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Nigel Biggar is essentially right about rights. They are indeed paradigmatically legal. They are indeed conditional and limited. And it is indeed the case that they can…

“Religion, Insurrection, and Social Forgiveness” by Joseph Margulies

Jan 22, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Criminal Law, January 2021, Margulies, Joseph, Politics

Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. In a deeply divided nation, and especially after the events of January 6, 2021, no one is in a particularly forgiving…

“The Right to an Organic Diet of the Man Who Attacked Our Organ of Government” by Matthew P. Cavedon

Jan 21, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesCavedon, Matthew P., January 2021, Politics, Religious Freedom

Image by Sage Scott from Pixabay. This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. A mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Perhaps its most visible leader was a man wearing a bearskin headdress,…

“Radicalizing Biggar’s ‘What’s Wrong with Rights?'” by Joel Harrison

Jan 21, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Harrison, Joel, Human Rights / Civil Rights, January 2021, Philosophy of Religion

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash. This article is part of our “What’s Wrong with Rights?” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. In his book What’s Wrong with Rights?, Nigel Biggar argues that “the task is actually not to jettison talk about subjective rights, but rather to save…

“Nigel Biggar, What’s Wrong with Rights?” by David Little

Jan 20, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Human Rights / Civil Rights, January 2021, Little, David, Philosophy of Religion

Photo by Ryan Hoffman on Unsplash. This article is part of our “What’s Wrong with Rights?” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Despite the title, Nigel Biggar’s main objective, in this stimulating but debatable book, is not to discredit rights language entirely. He is perfectly content to support the…

“Not an Act of Religious Freedom” by Patrick Hornbeck

Jan 15, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Hornbeck, Patrick, January 2021, Politics, Religious Freedom, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Storming of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021 by Tyler Merbler. (CC BY 2.0). This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. In the days after the horrific insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,…

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