Religious Freedom Archives - Page 12 of 26

“Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment” Introduction by John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett

Jun 6, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsGarnett, Richard W., History, June 2022, Nichols, Joel A., Religious Freedom, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS), Witte Jr., John

Religion and the American Constitutional Experimentby John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett Thomas Jefferson once described America’s new religious freedom guarantees as a “fair” and “novel experiment.” These guarantees, set out in the new state and federal constitutions of 1776 to 1791, defied the millennium-old assumptions inherited from Western Europe that…

“The Role of Lawyers in Rabbinic Arbitration” by Chaim Saiman

May 27, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesJudaism, May 2022, Religious Freedom, Religious Law and Legal Systems, Saiman, Chaim

Photo of Manhattan by wiggijo on Pixabay (CC0) A virtual conference sponsored by Canopy Forum of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) featuring scholars, experts and practitioners on the topic of religious arbitration. View the full video and browse all essays here. “The Role of Lawyers in Rabbinic Arbitration” Chaim…

“Review of John Witte’s ‘The Blessings of Liberty'” by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Apr 22, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsApril 2022, Education, Philosophy, Religious Freedom, Wolterstorff, Nicholas

The Blessings of Liberty by John Witte Reviewed by Nicholas Wolterstorff In the course of his long and distinguished career as a legal historian, John Witte, Jr. – who holds a named professorship at Emory University and is director of the university’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion – has authored and co-authored…

“Religious Exemption Laws & the Conservative Legal Movement” by Elizabeth Reiner Platt

Apr 22, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2022, Christianity, Education, Healthcare, Platt, Elizabeth Reiner, Religious Freedom, US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Photo by Victor Moussa on adobe.stock.com. The contemporary debate around the right to free exercise of religion — and its limits — focuses overwhelmingly on conservative Christian beliefs about sex, gender, marriage, and reproduction. This is understandable given the vast resources and focus that the Christian right has placed on gaining religious exemptions from laws…

“A Legal Analysis of Religious Arbitration” by Ronald Colombo

Apr 16, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesApril 2022, Christianity, Colombo, Ronald, History, Religious Freedom

Photo of Manhattan by wiggijo on Pixabay (CC0) A virtual conference sponsored by Canopy Forum of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) featuring scholars, experts and practitioners on the topic of religious arbitration. View the full video and browse all essays here. “A Legal Analysis of Religious Arbitration” Ronald Colombo…

“American Religious Support for COVID Protocols, and Public Values” by R. Drew Smith

Apr 16, 2022Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2022, Christianity, Healthcare, Religious Freedom, Smith, R. Drew

Though the COVID health emergency within the U.S. seems to be lessening in intensity, the occurrence of 35,000 COVID hospitalizations per day and 12,000 deaths per week during early March 2022 shows that the crisis is clearly not over. Widespread resistance to public protocols and mandates aimed at halting the spread of the virus has…

“Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers” by Charles McCrary

Apr 8, 2022Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsApril 2022, Christianity, History, McCrary, Charles, Politics, Religious Freedom, Secularism

Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers by Charles McCrary The following material is excerpted and lightly adapted from the introduction and eighth chapter of Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers (Chicago 2022). In 2020, legislators in Iowa introduced a bill that would define the phrase “bona fide religious purpose,” from the state’s 1965…

“Limiting Oppression: Duress and Unconscionability in Islamic Law” by Rabea Benhalim

Apr 7, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesApril 2022, Benhalim, Rabea, Islam, Religious Freedom, Religious Law and Legal Systems

Photo of Manhattan by wiggijo on Pixabay (CC0) A virtual conference sponsored by Canopy Forum of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) featuring scholars, experts and practitioners on the topic of religious arbitration. View the full video and browse all essays here. “Limiting Oppression: Duress and Unconscionability in Islamic Law”…

“Proposal for a Muslim American Alternate Dispute Resolution and Mediation Center” by Abed Awad and Lee Ann Bambach

Apr 7, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesApril 2022, Awad, Abed, Bambach, Lee Ann, Islam, Religious Freedom

Photo of Manhattan by wiggijo on Pixabay (CC0) A virtual conference sponsored by Canopy Forum of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) featuring scholars, experts and practitioners on the topic of religious arbitration. View the full video and browse all essays here. “Proposal for a Muslim American Alternate Dispute Resolution…

“Secular Law and Equity in Beth Din Decisions” by Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann

Apr 4, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesApril 2022, Judaism, Religious Freedom, Weissman, Shlomo