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“Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Overly Broad Take on Judges and the Death Penalty” by Matthew P. Cavedon

Oct 9, 2020Canopy ForumConvictionCavedon, Matthew P., Christianity, Criminal Law, October 2020, Religious Ethics, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Image adapted from Wikicommons by DhLeaks44 / CC BY-SA 4.0 “Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Overly Broad Take on Judges and the Death Penalty” Matthew P. Cavedon Twenty-two years before she was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett co-wrote a law review article on Catholic judges and the death penalty. It has gained attention from…

“Religious Questions: Relevant, Legitimate, and Impossible” by Paul Horwitz

Oct 7, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Constitutional Law, Horwitz, Paul, October 2020, Politics

Photo from Unsplash For the writer on law and religion, the “religious test” question is a gift that keeps on giving. Over two centuries after we enshrined the rule against religious tests as a “Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States” — and, arguably, decades if not more after the Religious…

“Religion and the Presidential Election” by Steven K. Green

Oct 5, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Green, Steven K., October 2020, Politics, Religious Freedom

Photo by Element5 Digital | Unsplash It has been ten presidential election cycles since Ronald Reagan defeated the nation’s most religiously devout president, Jimmy Carter, a feat he accomplished with the overwhelming support of conservative Christian voters. The preceding year (1979) had witnessed the rise of the “Moral Majority” and the Religious Right, and Reagan’s election…

“The Coronavirus, the Compelling State Interest in Health, and Religious Autonomy” by W. Cole Durham, Jr.

Oct 2, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Durham, W. Cole, Healthcare, October 2020, Politics, Religious Freedom

Photo of cells by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain) A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here.…

“Church Closures, Religious Freedom, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Assessing the Christian Legal Movement’s Response” by Andrew Lewis and Daniel Bennett

Oct 2, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesBennett, Daniel, Christianity, Lewis, Andrew, October 2020, Politics, Religious Freedom

“Slaughterhouses as Sites of Exception” by Joanna Smith

Oct 2, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesEthics, October 2020, poltics, Religious Freedom, Smith, Joanna

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“Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Overly Broad Take on Judges and the Death Penalty” by Matthew P. Cavedon

“Religious Questions: Relevant, Legitimate, and Impossible” by Paul Horwitz

“Religion and the Presidential Election” by Steven K. Green

“The Coronavirus, the Compelling State Interest in Health, and Religious Autonomy” by W. Cole Durham, Jr.

“Through the Eyes of James Cone: COVID-19, Police Brutality, and The Black Church” by George Walters-Sleyon

“COVID and Egalitarian Catholic Women’s Movements” by Mary Anne Case

“Worldview and Spirituality: Outlooks of the Church and Individuals Shaped by Crisis” by E. Isabel Park

“Quarantines, Religious Groups, and Some Questions About Equality” by Christopher Lund

“Church Closures, Religious Freedom, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Assessing the Christian Legal Movement’s Response” by Andrew Lewis and Daniel Bennett

“Slaughterhouses as Sites of Exception” by Joanna Smith