The President and First Lady Meet with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican by Shealah Craighead (CC BY 3.0 US) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. This paper examines U.S. humanitarian, refugee, and immigration policies in light of…
Townsley-Murdock Immigrant Trail in Nebraska by Ammodramus (CC0 1.0) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Increased Immigration and Attitudes about Immigrants In a conversation with a colleague the other day, I pointed out that the percentage of foreign-born people in…
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in Juba, Sudan by Al Jazeera English (CC BY-SA 2.0). On April 15, 2023, civil war broke out in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). That day, in the capital of Khartoum, RSF fighters seized the All Saints Anglican Cathedral and transformed…
Land is KinDana Lloyd The following is a forward of Dana Lloyd’s book, Land Is Kin: Sovereignty, Religious Freedom, and Indigenous Sacred Sites (University Press of Kansas, 2023). “The struggle by American Indians to protect their sacred sites and to have access to them for traditional ceremonies is a movement in which all peoples should…
Witte’s Contribution on Human Rights and Religious FreedomNicholas Wolterstorff The following is an adapted excerpt from the chapter “Witte’s Contribution on Human Rights and Religious Freedom” from the book, Faith in Law, Law in Faith: Reflecting and Building on the Work of John Witte, Jr. (2024). Reprinted under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC-BY-NC). This…
Can Laws and Rights Teach? John Witte and the Uses of the LawPatrick McKinley Brennan & William S. Brewbaker III The following is an adapted excerpt from the chapter “Can Laws and Rights Teach? John Witte and the Uses of the Law” from the book, Faith in Law, Law in Faith: Reflecting and Building on…
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…
“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…
“Abstract Archidaily Architecture” by Ludo Photos 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…
Photo of Johannesburg, South Africa by Simon Hurry on Unsplash. 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,…