“Church Closures, Religious Freedom, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Assessing the Christian Legal Movement’s Response” by Andrew Lewis and Daniel Bennett

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section B. Law, Religion, and Culture (Justin Latterell, moderator) “Church Closures,

“Slaughterhouses as Sites of Exception” by Joanna Smith

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section B. Law, Religion, and Culture (Justin Latterell, moderator) “Slaughterhouses as

“Respecting the Needs of Worshippers is Essential to Containing COVID-19” by Robin Fretwell Wilson

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section B. Law, Religion, and Culture (Justin Latterell, moderator) “Respecting the

“COVID-19 and Restrictions on Religious Institutions: Constitutional Implications” by Kathleen A. Brady

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section B. Law, Religion, and Culture (Justin Latterell, moderator) “COVID-19 and

“Religious Liberty in a Pandemic: Constitutional Challenges to Mass Gathering Bans” by Caroline Mala Corbin

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section A. Constitutional Law (Jane Wise, moderator) “Religious Liberty in a

“Hands-Off Religion in the Early Months of COVID-19” by Samuel J. Levine

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section A. Constitutional Law (Jane Wise, moderator) “Hands-Off Religion in the

“Conflicts Between Religious Liberty and the New Public Health” by Jeffrey B. Hammond and Michael J. DeBoer

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section A. Constitutional Law (Jane Wise, moderator) “Conflicts Between Religious Liberty

“Religious Exceptions to COVID Vaccine Mandates” by Doriane Lambelet Coleman

A virtual conference organized in partnership with Brigham Young University Law School, Emory University Law School, Notre Dame Law School, St. John’s University School of Law, and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. View the full video and browse all essays here. Section A. Constitutional Law (Jane Wise, moderator) “Religious Exceptions to COVID

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

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,

“Baptist History and Pentecostalism” by Doug Weaver

The Apostolic Faith Mission on Azusa Street, Los Angeles, CA in 1907 / Wikimedia Most observers (and participants!) do not see much if any connection between Baptists and Pentecostals. Baptists are generally known as cessationists — contending that the miracles in the New Testament and the extraordinary spiritual gifts practiced like glossolalia (speaking in tongues),