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“We Have Come into His House: The Black Church, Florida’s Stop Woke, and the Fight to Teach Black History – Part II” by Timothy Welbeck

Apr 25, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2024, Christianity, Education, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Welbeck, Timothy

Old Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee by DXR (CC BY-SA 4.0) We Have Come Into His House is an essay published in two corresponding parts. The first part specifically examined recent Florida legislation that has restricted and restructured the way classrooms in primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions within the state may explore topics relating to race and racism.…

“We Have Come into His House: The Black Church, Florida’s Stop WOKE, and the Fight to Teach Black History – Part I” by Timothy Welbeck

Apr 23, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2024, Christianity, Education, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Politics, Welbeck, Timothy

Old Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee by DXR (CC BY-SA 4.0). We have come into His house to gather in His name to worship Him” – Bruce Ballinger “We request Black teachers of Black studies. It is not that we believe only Black people can understand the Black experience. It is, rather, that we acknowledge the difference…

“Human Rights Claims and the Orthodox in America” by A. G. Roeber

Mar 7, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Human Rights / Civil Rights, March 2024, Orthodox Christianity, Roeber, Anthony

Human Rights Claims and the Orthodox in AmericaA. G. Roeber The following is an adapted excerpt from A.G. Roeber’s new book, “Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolution in America.” With permission from Fordham University Press, 2024. As a reader who has come this far now will recognize, answering Witte’s and Alexander’s query about how the…

“From the Pope’s Hand to Indigenous Lands Alexander VI in Spanish Imperialism” by Matthew P. Cavedon

Feb 23, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsCavedon, Matthew P., Christianity, February 2024, Latin America (Geography), Property Law

“From the Pope’s Hand to Indigenous Lands: Alexander VI in Spanish Imperialism”Matthew P. Cavedon The following is an introduction followed by an adapted excerpt from Matt Cavedon’s new book, “From the Pope’s Hand to Indigenous Lands.” With permission from Brill Academic Publishers, 2023. In 1493, shortly after Christopher Columbus returned from his first voyage to…

“Ukraine’s Religious Persecution” by Lawrence A. Uzzell

Feb 16, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Europe (Geography), Orthodox Christianity, Politics, Religious Freedom

Photo of Ukrainian Flag from Pixabay Religious freedom is ominously shrinking in Ukraine. Unlike Moscow, post-Soviet Kiev used to tolerate the various rival Eastern Orthodox Christian jurisdictions. But Kiev is now blatantly persecuting the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church), favoring the OCU (Orthodox Church of Ukraine). Ukraine’s parliament has passed the first reading of a bill…

“My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy” by Grace Y. Kao

Feb 9, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, February 2024, Health Law, Kao, Grace, Religious Ethics

“My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy”Grace Y. Kao Nearly four decades after the In re Baby M case stimulated widespread debate in the United States, the legal and religious debates over surrogacy continue. Surrogacy laws in the U.S. vary widely by state, and Pope Francis recently made international headlines by calling…

“The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law” by John Witte, Jr. & Rafael Domingo

Jan 22, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Domingo, Rafael, January 2024, Politics, Religious Ethics, Religious Law and Legal Systems, Witte Jr., John

The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and LawJohn Witte, Jr. and Rafael Domingo This text is excerpted in part from the front matter of the Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law, edited by John Witte, Jr. and Rafael Domingo (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023) and is used herein with permission. This hefty new volume, over…

“Dissenting Voices: Unveiling Complexity in the Russian Orthodox Church’s Stance on the Ukraine Conflict” by Evgeniia Muzychenko

Jan 19, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Europe (Geography), Human Rights / Civil Rights, January 2024, Orthodox Christianity, Politics

Picture of a dome at the Cathedral of Peter and Paul, Petergof, Russia. Taken by Author. Expressing the position of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) regarding the conflict in Ukraine, the media predominantly concentrates on the stance articulated by Patriarch Kirill, a longtime ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin. In his capacity as the head…

“Table Talks on Law and Religion” by John Witte, Jr.

Jan 9, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, January 2024, Philosophy, Religious Ethics

Table Talks on Law and ReligionJohn Witte, Jr. This is an excerpt from John Witte, Jr.’s open access book, Table Talk: Short Reflections on the Weightier Matters of Law and Religion (Leiden: Brill, 2023). “Table talks” have long been a familiar genre of writing for jurists, theologians, politicians, and novelists. In this little volume, leading…

“Human Rights and Orthodox Christianity: Learning from our Differences” by John Witte, Jr.

Nov 17, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, History, Human Rights / Civil Rights, November 2023, Orthodox Christianity, Witte Jr., John

Human Rights and Orthodox Christianity: Learning from our DifferencesJohn Witte, Jr. This essay was originally published on November 3, 2023 as a chapter in The Legal Thought of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, edited by Norman Doe and Dimitrios Nikiforos. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, has thought profoundly about the…