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“Gender Role Attitudes of Traditional Arab Women and Haredi Jewish Women in Israel: A Comparison” by Gilan Miller-Gertz & Nour Abu-Ghosh

Apr 13, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysAbu-Ghosh, Nour, April 2020, Miller-Gertz, Gilan, Sex & Gender

In Israeli society, Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) and traditional Arabs live within close proximity to one another. While these religiously, ethnically, and culturally differentiated groups do not typically interact with each other, women from both groups appear to share certain aspects of their lifestyles. Both live in relatively closed societies; both have relatively limited contact with…

“Church Burnings Across Ethiopia: A Signal of a State Struggling to Cope with Rapid Transition” by Bisrat Kebede

Apr 10, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2020, Kebede, Bisrat, Politics

Vijay Vinoth / Pexels In 2019 in early September, the Ethiopian government held an emergency meeting with leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to discuss the ongoing political and religious tension in the country. Since July 2018, thirty churches have been attacked across several regions in Ethiopia. More than half of those churches have burned to the…

“A Plague of Confusion: Coronavirus and Passover” by David R. Blumenthal

Apr 6, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesApril 2020, Blumenthal, David R., Healthcare

This article is part of our “Reflecting on COVID-19” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. As the holiday of Passover approaches, we think of the last days of the Jews in Egypt. We think of Pharaoh faced with a slave-insurrection and a series of plagues that ravage his land. We…

“Homo Religiosus in a Globalized World: How Religious Individuals are Actors of Global Law” by Giancarlo Anello

Apr 4, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysAnello, Giancarlo, April 2020, Religious Freedom

On a global level, religious institutions influence the transformations of law in a variety of ways. Many of the world’s most influential religions, such as Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism, contain their own legal systems that interact with secular state law. In addition to these larger systems that drive religious legal change, individuals inspired by religious principles…

“A Religious Right to Disregard Mandatory Ultrasounds” by Caroline Mala Corbin

Apr 1, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2020, Corbin, Caroline Mala, Healthcare

B. K. Dewey / Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0 One of the most striking trends in religion clause jurisprudence is the expansion of protection for religious exercise. This includes expanded protection under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and its state counterparts. Often the litigant is a conservative Christian opposed to a progressive development,…

“‘Sunday Service,’ the Black Church, and Prophetic Religion in the Public Sphere” by Ari Colston

Mar 30, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesColston, Ari, March 2020, Media & Culture

Kanye West performing at Lollapalooza in 2011 / Rodrigo Ferrari / Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 This article is part of our “Race, Religion, and Law” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. In a chain of interrelated events, hip-hop artist Kanye West (referred to here as ‘Kanye’ to avoid confusion with…

“Defining the True Meaning of Racism: The Law & Religion of Colonial America (Part III)” by Audra L. Savage

Mar 30, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesMarch 2020, Race & Ethnicity, Savage, Audra L.

“Slave Ship: Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On” by J.M.W. Turner 1840 / Wikimedia This article is part of our “Race, Religion, and Law” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. This is the the third installment of a three-part series that explores legal, religious, and racial…

“An Early Good Friday, at Last: When Too Many Bells Toll in Italy” by Andrea Pin

Mar 27, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesHealthcare, March 2020, Pin, Andrea

An earlier version of this essay first appeared [here] on [Talk About: Law and Religion], the official blog of Brigham Young University’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies. This article is part of our “Reflecting on COVID-19” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Covid-19 has hit Italy badly. At…

“Defining the True Meaning of Racism: The Law & Religion of Colonial America (Part II)” by Audra L. Savage

Mar 25, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesMarch 2020, Race & Ethnicity, Savage, Audra L.

“Slave Ship: Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On” by J.M.W. Turner 1840 / Wikimedia This article is part of our “Race, Religion, and Law” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. This is the the second installment of a three-part series that explores legal, religious, and racial…

“Defining the True Meaning of Racism: The Law & Religion of Colonial America (Part I)” by Audra L. Savage

Mar 23, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesMarch 2020, Race & Ethnicity, Savage, Audra L.

“Slave Ship: Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On” by J.M.W. Turner 1840 / Wikimedia This article is part of our “Race, Religion, and Law” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. This is the first installment of a three-part series that explores legal, religious, and racial dimensions…

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