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“A Defense of the Compulsory Deference Approach for Church Property Litigation” by Matthew R. Goldammer

May 3, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Goldammer, Matthew, May 2023, Property Law, Social Sciences

Photo of a church in Iceland by Ludo-Photos (CCO) A virtual conference sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) featuring scholars, experts and practitioners who will examine issues facing religious congregations, neighborhoods, towns, and cities where houses of worship are falling into disrepair or vacancy. View selected videos and browse all…

“Religious Covenants on Former Church Property” by Patrick E. Reidy

May 3, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, May 2023, Property Law, Reidy, Patrick E., Social Sciences

“Closing Congregations: On the Hunt for Patterns” by Wendy Cadge, Muna Güvenç, and Feigele Lechtchiner

May 3, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesCadge, Wendy, Christianity, Güvenç, Muna, Lechtchiner, Feigele, May 2023, Property Law, Social Sciences

Photo of a Church in Iceland by Ludo-Photos (CCO) A virtual conference sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) featuring scholars, experts and practitioners who will examine issues facing religious congregations, neighborhoods, towns, and cities where houses of worship are falling into disrepair or vacancy. View selected videos and browse all…

“Politics and Religion in Cuba and Nicaragua” by Dennis P. Petri

Apr 29, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2023, Christianity, Latin America (Geography), Petri, Dennis P., Religious Freedom

“Cristo Church, Havana, Cuba” by Roberts & Co., Havana (CC0). The Regulation of Religion in Communist Cuba Religious groups have been viewed with suspicion by the Cuban government for a long time, as they are seen as potential threats to the socialist state. This distrust has led to subtle forms of repression, such as surveillance…

“Religion in State Education Policy” by Bryan Kelley

Apr 27, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2023, Christianity, Kelley, Bryan, Politics, Religious Freedom

“In God We Trust” Plaque by USCapitol (CC0). Every year, state legislatures throughout the country introduce legislation that in some way brings together religion and the public education system. This is perhaps becoming more common, as state policymakers recognize the increasingly favorable precedents being put in place by the Supreme Court regarding the presence of…

“Politics vs. Religion?: The Case of Nicaragua” by Teresa Flores

Apr 20, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2023, Christianity, Flores, Teresa, Latin America (Geography), Religious Freedom

Managua Nicaragua Centroamérica by Hillsong7 (CC BY-SA 4.0). During crises or social conflicts in Nicaragua, the Catholic Church has served as a mediator and promoter of justice and peace. In countries with an authoritarian tendency such as Nicaragua, the Church’s support and guidance has been perceived as a threat to the government’s stability. In that…

“Historic Houses of Worship in Peril: Conserving Their Place in American Life” By Thomas Edward Frank

Apr 18, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsApril 2023, Christianity, Ethics, Frank, Thomas, Religious Freedom

Historic Houses of Worship in Peril: Conserving Their Place in American Life By Thomas Edward Frank This excerpt from Historic Houses of Worship in Peril: Conserving Their Place in American Life is an introduction to our virtual conference, “Religion, Property Law, and the Crisis of Houses of Worship.” View selected videos and browse all essays…

“The Politics of Prayer in Prison” by Andrew Skotnicki

Apr 8, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2023, Christianity, Criminal Law, Skotnicki, Andrew

Magite Historic / Alamy Stock Photo I read a newspaper column many years ago by Garry Wills. He was writing about a priest and three peace activists, morally outraged by the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, who participated in a White House tour. At one point, they abruptly knelt, announced that the War was an…

“Ten Years of Pope Francis and the Transatlantic Catholic Gap” by Massimo Faggioli

Apr 6, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2023, Catholicism, Christianity, Massimo, Faggioli, Philosophy

Via Vyacheslav Argenberg on Flickr The tenth anniversary of a papal election is an important milestone. This is especially so in the case of Pope Francis, who was elected on March 13, 2013 in extraordinary circumstances after the resignation of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who had been in office for less than eight years. Of…

“Did Pope Alexander VI Authorize England’s Colonization of North America?” by Matthew P. Cavedon

Mar 21, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesCatholicism, Cavedon, Matthew P., Christianity, History, March 2023, Property Law

Archbishop Adrian Tync. Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0 This article is part of our “200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Shortly before Thanksgiving 2016, Episcopalian priest John Floberg held up a copy of Pope Alexander VI’s 1493 papal bull Inter…