October 2024 Archives - Canopy Forum

“Politics Of Identity And Exclusion: Italy’s Matteo Salvini And The Rise Of Pan-European Christian Nationalism” by Thomas Jared Farmer

Nov 1, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Europe (Geography), Farmer, Thomas Jared, October 2024, Politics

Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, Wikimedia Commons (Attribution: Presidency of the Italian Republic). This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Rightwing Politics in Italy: From Christian Democracy…

Gender, Russian Orthodoxy, and the Invention of “Traditional” Values by Regina Elsner

Oct 31, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysAsia (Geography), Christianity, Elsner, Regina, October 2024, Sex and Gender

Russian Orthodox Church, Rocklea, Russia by Bert Knot (CC 2.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. For many years, Russia has been known as one of the main…

“Fraternity: The Long Lost Companion of Liberty and Equality in the United States” by Marguerite Hattouni Spencer

Oct 30, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysEurope (Geography), October 2024, Politics, Spencer, Marguerite

Image by Filip Filipović from Pixabay Our nation is at a crossroads. In light of our calcifying divisiveness in the United States of America, we are worried that our lively constitutional experiment may fail. To get our bearings, it might be helpful to reflect back on what the “land of the free” stands for and…

CPAC and NatCon: Uniting a Transnational Radical Right by Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams

Oct 25, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesAbrahamsen, Rita, Christianity, Europe (Geography), October 2024, Politics, Williams, Michael

Museum in Hungary by Jules Verne (CC BY 3.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. “An international coalition of national forces has been established.” This triumphant statement issued…

“Good Vibes Only: The “Aloha Spirit” in Hawaiʻi Constitutional Interpretation” by Aaron Walayat

Oct 24, 2024Canopy ForumEssays“Other”, Constitutional Law, October 2024, Political Philosophy, Walayat, Aaron J.

Image by Talpa from Pixabay In 2017, Christopher Wilson, a resident of Maui, Hawaiʻi, was charged by the state for possession of an unregistered pistol, a violation of state statute. He moved to dismiss the charges, arguing that the statutes unconstitutionally infringed on his right to keep and bear arms under both the Hawaiʻi Constitution…

“Towards a Multidimensional Understanding of Places of Worship for Rights Balancing in Colombia” by John Osorio

Oct 22, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysJohn, Latin America (Geography), October 2024, Osorio, Religious Freedom

Image by Neidy Girado from Pixabay (license). The following essay is reprinted and adapted on Canopy Forum in collaboration with the journal Derecho en Sociedad, a biannual electronic publication that is free and open access. Their issue 18(2) features full length articles in Spanish and English. Read Osorio’s long-form essay on places of worship in Colombia here. The following…

“Law, Religion, and Education” by Kathleen A. Brady

Oct 17, 2024Canopy ForumLiterature Highlights, SeriesBrady, Kathleen, Christianity, Education, Family Law, October 2024

Law, Religion, and EducationKathleen A. Brady The following is an adapted excerpt from the chapter “Law, Religion, and Education” 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 is part of a series of Literature…

“What Do Protestants Believe about In Vitro Fertilization? It’s Complicated” by Whittney Barth

Oct 16, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesBarth, Whittney, Christianity, Constitutional Law, Healthcare, October 2024

Trinity Episcopal Church in Fredionia, New York via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) 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 February 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that, under state law, the loss of embryos during the process…

“Right-Wing Populism and Religion – The Case of Brothers of Italy” by Luca Ozzano

Oct 11, 2024Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Europe (Geography), October 2024, Ozzano, Luca, Politics

Corte Suprema di Cassazione in Rome, Italy from Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0) This article is part of our series on Transnational Christian Nationalism, and its impact on politics, the rule of law, and religious freedom. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Since the 1990s, but more significantly since the 2010s, Europe…

“The Muslim Family Law Reform: Exploring Cross-National and Historical Differences” by Yüksel Sezgin

Oct 9, 2024Canopy ForumEssaysFamily Law, Islam, October 2024, Religious Law and Legal Systems, Sezgin, Yüksel

Illustration commissioned for this project by Tahira Rifath Fifty-three nations (35 Muslim-majority, 18 Muslim-minority) formally integrate shari‘a-based Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) into their domestic legal systems and enforce them through state-run (religious or civil) courts adjudicating familial disputes among their Muslim citizens. State-enforced MFLs often violate people’s fundamental rights and liberties. For example, in many…