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“Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and Nationalism” by Chiara Migliori

Oct 11, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Migliori, Chiara, October 2022, Politics, Social Sciences

Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and NationalismChiara Migliori This is an excerpt reprinted with permission from Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and Nationalism by Chiara Migliori copyright © 2022 Palgrave Macmillan. Six years have elapsed since Donald Trump became the President elect of the United States. Since…

The Bible and the Constitution: Of Monkeys, Babies and Original Intent by Larry W. Caldwell

Oct 5, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysCaldwell, Larry W., Christianity, Constitutional Law, October 2022, Politics

In 1925, on Day 7 of the infamous “Scopes Monkey Trial” (The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes), defense attorney Clarence Darrow interrogated prosecuting attorney William Jennings Bryan on the witness stand. His purpose was to discredit Bryan’s (and many Protestants’) view that the original author of Genesis understood the six days of creation…

“Kennedy v. Bremerton: The Wall Separating Church and State Just Got a Little Shorter” by Brett A. Geier

Aug 15, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesAugust 2022, Christianity, Constitutional Law, Geier, Brett, Politics

Picture by Ted Eytan (CC BY-SA 2.0) This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series. If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Kennedy v. Bremerton was heard by the Supreme Court in 2022. But the case truly began in…

“State and Non-State Violations of Religious Freedom and Implications for National Unity in Nigeria” by Dodeye Uduak Williams

Aug 5, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysAfrica (Geography), August 2022, Politics, Religious Freedom, Williams, Dodeye Uduak

Picture by Faseeh Fawaz on Unsplash. Nigeria is home to about 250 ethnic groups and culturally diverse communities with different religious affiliations, who speak over 500 different languages. The three dominant ethnic groups are the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Nigerians practice Christianity, Islam or an indigenous religion. The country is divided almost equally between the…

“Dobbs Is Not a Religion Case” by Bruce Ledewitz

Aug 1, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesAugust 2022, Constitutional Law, Healthcare, Ledewitz, Bruce, Politics, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Claire Anderson on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. I was unhappy, but not surprised, to see Canopy Forum including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case…

“The Supreme Court Says Conscience is Everything. Or Nothing. It Depends.” by Len Niehoff

Jul 27, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Constitutional Law, July 2022, Niehof, Len, Politics, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

US Supreme Court by John L. Marino. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. The Supreme Court has long recognized the individual human conscience as sacred territory. One of the most famous…

“Tax Policy: A Sieve Separating the Genuine Pro-lifers from the Fakes” by Susan Pace Hamill

Jul 25, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesHamill, Susan Pace, Healthcare, July 2022, Politics, Tax Law

Picture by Niels Wende on Pixabay. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Labeling themselves “pro-life,” white conservative evangelical Christians waged war against abortion for decades. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme…

“The Post-Pandemic Western Populist Right: A Purported Clash Between the Public Good and Individual Rights” by Chiara Migliori

Jul 21, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Europe (Geography), Healthcare, July 2022, Migliori, Chiara, Politics, Religious Freedom

Vice President Mike Pence meets with Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of Italy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Monday June 17, 2019 (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen) (License). As the Covid-19 pandemic seems to be loosening its grip on most regions of the world, at least in its deadliest…

“Purity Culture and the Overturn of Roe: Understanding Christian Nationalistic Ideology and its Impact” by Jenny McGrath

Jul 15, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesChristianity, Human Rights / Civil Rights, July 2022, McGrath, Jenny, Politics, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Picture by Petr Ovralov on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. On June 24th, the Supreme Court reversed the nearly 50-year-old legal precedent protecting the right to safe abortions in…

“Black Magic, Black Humor, Serious Hate: Ludic Chaos on the Alt-Right” By Marla Segol

Jul 13, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysJuly 2022, Media and Culture, Politics, Segol, Marla

Picture by Boris Stefanik on Unsplash. One sunny spring day in 2018, I walked into work to find a flier asking its readers “are you tired of feeling bad for being white?” The flier advertised a white supremacist organization called “The Right Stuff” with links to its website. I was surprised and quite concerned to…