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“The ethics of procedure: traffic laws, modern technology and the reconfiguration of Privacy in the Arabian Gulf” by Alexandre Caeiro

May 6, 2025Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2025, Asia (Geography), Caeiro, Alexandre, Ethics, Islam

Image by Paasikivi on Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) The implementation of Islamic criminal law has been characterized as a paradox. Muslims are scripturally instructed to apply the Qur’anic punishments for “crimes against God” (murder, theft, slander, adultery). Nevertheless, prophetic practice, legal canons, and the evidentiary rules elaborated by Muslim jurists often appear designed to prevent…

“What Might Make Life Better?: On Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies” by John Witte, Jr.

Feb 12, 2025Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Ethics, February 2025, International Law, Witte Jr., John

What Might Make Life Better?: On Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic SocietiesJohn Witte, Jr. This essay is drawn from the fourth chapter of Michael Welker and John Witte, Jr.’s recently published book, What Might Make Life Better?: On Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values…

“Abortion, IVF, and the Moral Status of the Embryo: The Missing Middle” by Karey Harwood

Nov 18, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Ethics, Harwood, Karey, Health Law, November 2024

“Christ Blessing the Children” by Lucas Cranach the Younger (CC0 1.0). This article is part of our “Religious Perspectives on Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy” series. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. In April 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued Dignitas Infinita, the most recent articulation of Catholic doctrine…

“Law from Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, Can Renew Contemporary Legal Engagement” by Elisabeth Rain Kincaid

Jun 6, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Ethics, June 2024, Kincaid, Elisabeth Rain, Religious Freedom

Law from Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, Can Renew Contemporary Legal EngagementElisabeth Rain Kincaid The following is an excerpt from Elisabeth Rain Kincaid’s new book, Law from Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, Can Renew Contemporary Legal Engagement. Excerpted with permission from Georgetown University Press, 2024. Often in American civil…

“Love for the Stranger: The New Testament Imperative” by Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Arnold

May 2, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysArnold, Elizabeth, Christianity, Ethics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, May 2024

Photo by Pexels on Pixabay (CCO). In a recent campaign speech, Donald Trump referred to immigrants as a “poisoning of our blood,” arguing that immigration weakens and overall contaminates American society. He presents a perspective on immigration that is not uncommon—one of suspicion and preemptive mistrust of foreigners. Even those who are tolerant of foreigners…

“The Stranger in the Hebrew Bible” by Ryan Bonfiglio

Apr 30, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysBonfiglio, Ryan, Christianity, Ethics, Human Rights / Civil Rights

Code of Hammurabii via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0). In a March 5, 2024 headline, the NY Times named immigration as “the biggest issue on Americans’ minds” today. Be that as it may, America is not the first (and surely not the last) society to wrestle with legal and ethical questions related to how one…

“Learning to Disagree” by John Inazu

Mar 28, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsEthics, Inazu, John, March 2024, Religious Freedom

Learning to DisagreeJohn Inazu The following is an introduction followed by an adapted excerpt from John Inazu’s new book, “Learning to Disagree” with permission from Zondervan Publishing, 2024. In past academic work, I have explored the tensions and instability that surround theories of pluralism, the right of assembly, and the religion clauses. Alongside these scholarly…

“The Housing Plight of Refugees” by Yolanda van der Vyver

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAfrica (Geography), Ethics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, March 2024, van der Vyver, Yolanda

“Refugee Mother and Child” by dimitrisvetsikas1969 from Pixabay. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This series features scholars, experts, and…

“Incomplete Communities? Desegregating the City through the Reform of Land Use and Affordable Housing Policies” by Alexander Ehlers

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAfrica (Geography), Ehlers, Alexander, Ethics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, March 2024

Suburbs of Primrose and Makause in Johannesburg. Maps Data: Google Earth (c) 2015. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This…

“Participatory Design Produces a Vibrant Dynamic Urban Environment” by Carin Smuts

Mar 20, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAfrica (Geography), Ethics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, March 2024, Smuts, Carin

“Townscape” by The Digital Artist from Pixabay. This essay is part of a virtual conference series “The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)” sponsored by Canopy Forum and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. This series features scholars, experts, and practitioners…