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“Introduction to the 200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands Series” by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra L. Bigtree, and Adam DJ Brett

Mar 10, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesArnold, Philip P., Bigtree, Sandra L., Brett, Adam DJ, Federal Indian Law, History, Indigenous Religious Traditions, March 2023, Property Law

Introduction As historians of religions, we are interested in myths, history, and creation narratives. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Johnson v. M’Intosh (1823) includes all these elements. The Johnson decision illustrates one of the powerful ways in which Christianity has played a hegemonic role within American law and culture at the expense of…

“Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous Peoples” by Peter d’Errico

Mar 7, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature Highlights, Seriesd'Errico, Peter, Federal Indian Law, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Indigenous Religious Traditions, March 2023, Politics

Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous PeoplesPeter d’Errico The following is an excerpt from Peter d’Errico’s Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous Peoples (Bloomsbury, September 2022). 2023 is the bi-centennial year of Johnson v. McIntosh, the case that put ‘Christian discovery’ into US property law in a way that simultaneously created…

“Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic World” by Maria Berbara

Feb 9, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsBerbara, Maria, February 2023, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Latin America (Geography), Religious Freedom

Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic WorldMaria Berbara The following is an adapted excerpt from Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic World, edited by Maria Berbara. Available now from Harvard University Press. Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic World investigates the transit of texts, music, images, rituals and ideas…

“Acarajé, Religious Attire, and Conflict in Brazil” by Danielle Boaz

Dec 12, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesBoaz, Danielle, December 2022, History, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Latin America (Geography), Media and Culture

Baianas de Acarajé / October 18, 2007 / Wikimedia Commons This article is part of our “Clothed in Religion: Law and Religious Attire/Garb” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. The government of Brazil has widely recognized and protected acarajé — a food that originates from Candomblé (an Afro-Brazilian religion), as…

“Banning Black Gods: Law and Religions of the African Diaspora” by Danielle Boaz

Dec 9, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsBoaz, Danielle, December 2022, History, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Race and Ethnicity, Religious Freedom, Social Sciences

Banning Black Gods:Law and Religions of the African Diaspora Danielle Boaz This excerpt is adapted from Banning Black Gods: Law and Religions of the African Diaspora and was recently published by Penn State University Press (2021). Introduction In 2003, Toronto police officers suspected that two Jamaican-Canadian brothers were involved in a series of murders that plagued…

“Disgust and Discrimination in Tehran” by Kristina Arriaga

Aug 4, 2021Canopy ForumEssaysArriaga, Kristina, Asia (Geography), August 2021, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Politics, Religious Freedom

Photo by Sajjad Ahmad on Unsplash. Offering a cup of tea to a stranger is universally viewed as an act of hospitality. Except if you are a Baha’i in Iran, where this kindness can result in torture, imprisonment, or death, both for the offeror and the recipient. The danger springs from the recent escalation of a government-led propaganda campaign meant to instigate…

“Subjective Beliefs, Social Judgments, and Witch Killers” by Matthew P. Cavedon

Feb 8, 2021Canopy ForumConvictionAfrica (Geography), Cavedon, Matthew P., Criminal Law, February 2021, Indigenous Religious Traditions

Image adapted from Wikicommons by DhLeaks44 / CC BY-SA 4.0 “Subjective Beliefs, Social Judgments, and Witch Killers” Matthew P. Cavedon In a 1992 abortion decision, Casey v. Planned Parenthood, a plurality of the U.S. Supreme Court held: “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and…

“Opening the Doors to Perception” By Matthew P. Cavedon

Dec 4, 2020Canopy ForumConvictionCavedon, Matthew P., Criminal Law, Indigenous Religious Traditions, November 2020, Politics, Religious Freedom

Image adapted from Wikicommons by DhLeaks44 / CC BY-SA 4.0 “Opening the Doors to Perception” Matthew P. Cavedon This past Election Day saw a shift in the treatment of psychedelics, with voters in Oregon and the District of Columbia legalizing their use. This comes a year after Denver decriminalized them. Psychedelics’ ability to alter perceptions of reality –…

“Ancestor Worship, Living Trees, and Free Exercise in the Australian Constitution” by Paul T. Babie

Oct 2, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesBabie, Paul T., Constitutional Law, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Oceania (Geography), October 2020, Religious Freedom

Photo by Stephan Müller on Pexels This article is part of our “Law, Religion, and the Constitutionalism” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. The Australian Constitution, an Act of the Imperial United Kingdom Parliament which came into force in 1901, contains a seemingly comprehensive protection for religious freedom,…

“Representation and Whiteness among the ‘Spiritual but not Religious'” by Dr. Amanda Lucia

Sep 24, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysBuddhism, Ethics, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Lucia, Amanda, Race and Ethnicity, September 2020

Yoga class, Lightning in a Bottle, 2016 / Photo courtesy of author. When I was conducting research for my new book I spent nine years in multiple field sites with people who largely identified as “spiritual but not religious” (SBNR). These people were seeking expansive spiritual experiences, and I followed them through networks of transformational…