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“Perilous Times Ahead for Religious Freedom on Public College and University Campuses?” by Charles J. Russo

Mar 16, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Education, March 2023, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

“Library” from Pixabay (License) After its recent attempts to challenge conscience exemptions for medical professionals whose faiths prevent them from participating in procedures such as abortion or gender reassignment surgery, the Biden administration has continued its assault on religious freedom. This time the administration and the Federal Department of Education (DOE) are placing the status…

“The Polish Contribution to the Global Legal Culture” by Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo

Feb 21, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Domingo, Rafael, February 2023, Longchamps de Bérier, Franciszek, Politics, Religious Freedom

The Polish Contribution to the Global Legal Culture Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo The following is excerpted from the Introduction of Law and Christianity in Poland: The Legacy of the Great Jurists, edited by Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo and out now from Routledge. Poland stands out considerably on the international scene for its…

“The Conscience Rights of Health Care Professionals Under the Affordable Health Care Act and its Regulations: An Emerging Controversy” by Charles J. Russo

Feb 11, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, February 2023, Healthcare, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

One of the more contentious issues surrounding medical care concerns the conscience rights of health care professionals such as doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and the faith-based institutions in which they work. Controversy arises when individuals and/or their institutional policies refuse to comply with federal rules mandating that they violate their sincerely held religious beliefs, which…

“Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt” by Alec Ryrie

Feb 7, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Europe (Geography), January 2023, Religious Freedom, Ryrie, Alec

Unbelievers: An Emotional History of DoubtAlec Ryrie Adapted from UNBELIEVERS: AN EMOTIONAL HISTORY OF DOUBT BY ALEC RYRIE, published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2019). Why,” the philosopher Charles Taylor asks, “was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in 2000 many of…

“Irreconcilable differences: Law, Religion, and Taiwan’s relationship with China” by André Laliberté

Feb 7, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysAndré Laliberté, Asia (Geography), Christianity, February 2023, Religious Freedom

Taipei Sunrise by Chensiyuan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Historically, laws regarding religion in China and Taiwan differ considerably, and these differences have increased in recent years. Under Xi Jinping’s rule, China seeks to revert to an earlier period of intertwined political and religious authority under the uncontested leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. In contrast, Taiwan…

“Faculty Unions in Catholic Educational Institutions: A Disconnect between Church Teachings and Practice” by Charles J. Russo

Feb 6, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysCatholicism, Christianity, Education, February 2023, Russo, Charles J.

Approaching Vatican City, Rome by Fenous (CC BY-SA 4.0). Speaking in the Vatican to a gathering of the Italian General Confederation of Labor on December 19, 2022, Pope Francis eloquently proclaimed “there are no free workers without unions.” Francis affirmed the long-standing labor teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, which began in 1891 with Pope…

“Plessy, Prince, and Me: Law, Religion, and the Quest for Racial Justice” by M. Christian Green

Feb 1, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, February 2023, Green, M. Christian, History, Human Rights / Civil Rights

Photo by Matthew Bedford on Unsplash. 1896. The year seemed to flash in glaring red lights from the text of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson decision as I was preparing my next lecture for “Law, Religion, and Social Change,” a course that I was teaching at Harvard Divinity School in the fall of…

“How Is Eastern Christianity Affecting Pope Francis’s Priorities?” by Matthew Cavedon

Jan 26, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysCatholicism, Cavedon, Matthew P., Christianity, January 2023, Philosophy

Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral by Arjen Bax (CC BY-SA 2.0). Introduction: Easter with the Easterns? The Christmas season hadn’t even begun when Pope Francis announced a potential change to future Easters: if Eastern Christians unite around a single date for celebrating the holiday, he said, Catholics will adjust their calendars accordingly. This might be mistaken…

“The Blessings of Liberty: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition” by John Witte Jr.

Jan 14, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, History, Human Rights / Civil Rights, January 2023, Witte Jr., John

The Blessings of Liberty: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal TraditionJohn Witte, Jr. The following is excerpted from John Witte, Jr.’s The Blessings of Liberty: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition, out now from Cambridge University Press. Read Nicholas Wolterstorff’s review of the book here. For the past…

“The Polish Contribution to the Global Legal Culture Foreword” by John Witte, Jr.

Jan 13, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, History, January 2023, Politics, Witte Jr., John

The Polish Contribution to the Global Legal CultureJohn Witte, Jr. The following is excerpted from Law and Christianity in Poland: The Legacy of the Great Jurists, edited by Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo and out now from Routledge. This volume is another signature title in the book series on “Great Christian Jurists in…