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“The Conscience Rights of Health Care Professionals Under the Affordable Health Care Act and its Regulations: An Emerging Controversy” by Charles J. Russo

Feb 11, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysFebruary 2023, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

One of the more contentious issues surrounding medical care concerns the conscience rights of health care professionals such as doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and the faith-based institutions in which they work. Controversy arises when individuals and/or their institutional policies refuse to comply with federal rules mandating that they violate their sincerely held religious beliefs, which…

“Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt” by Alec Ryrie

Feb 7, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsJanuary 2023, Religious Freedom, Ryrie, Alec

Unbelievers: An Emotional History of DoubtAlec Ryrie Adapted from UNBELIEVERS: AN EMOTIONAL HISTORY OF DOUBT BY ALEC RYRIE, published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2019). Why,” the philosopher Charles Taylor asks, “was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in 2000 many of…

“Irreconcilable differences: Law, Religion, and Taiwan’s relationship with China” by André Laliberté

Feb 7, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysAndré Laliberté, February 2023, Human Rights, Religious Freedom

Taipei Sunrise by Chensiyuan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Historically, laws regarding religion in China and Taiwan differ considerably, and these differences have increased in recent years. Under Xi Jinping’s rule, China seeks to revert to an earlier period of intertwined political and religious authority under the uncontested leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. In contrast, Taiwan…

“Comparing the Two Major Courts Systems in Europe on the Matter of Religious Dress” by James Richardson

Jan 24, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesJanuary 2023, Religious Freedom, Richardson, James

“Towers of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) after fifth extension” by Laurent Verdier / Wikimedia (CC0 1.0). 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. There are two major judicial systems currently operating within the…

Does Clothing Make the Person: Reflections of the Rights of Public School Employees to Wear Religious Garb in the Workplace By Allan G. Osborne and Charles J. Russo

Jan 21, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesJanuary 2023, Osborne, Allan G., Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

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. Introduction In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius famously muses that “the apparel oft proclaims the man.” Yet, in today’s increasingly religiously diverse (and religiously unaffiliated) American society wherein about 30% are religiously…

“Minorities and Religious Attire in Europe: The Data of The Atlas of Religious or Belief Minority Rights” by Silvio Ferrari

Jan 9, 2023Canopy ForumSeriesFerrari, Silvio, January 2023, Religious Freedom

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 issue of religious attire is like a strong wind that suddenly arose some 20 years ago and blew across Europe for a long time. Now that the force of…

“Together” by Almas Shaikh

Jan 5, 2023Canopy ForumPostsJanuary 2023, Religious Freedom, Shaikh, Almas

“Together” Almas Shaikh Medium: Water and Acrylic Colors on a 300 GSM PaperDate: March 2022Artist’s Note: I painted this in early March while awaiting the verdict in the Hijab ban case we had argued before the Karnataka High Court. The court upheld the ban and the same was later challenged in the Supreme Court. This…

“The Rights of Women” by Erika Bachiochi

Jan 3, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsBachiochi, Erika, January 2023, Religious Freedom

The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost VisionErika Bachiochi This excerpt is from the first chapter of The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision and was published by the University of Notre Dame Press (2021). In 1785, John Adams, his wife, Abigail, and their two eldest children departed from his diplomatic post in Paris…

“Masking as Religious Obligation vs. Masking for Public Safety” by David Zeligman

Dec 7, 2022Canopy ForumSeriesDecember 2022, Religious Freedom, Zeligman, David

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. Religious attire is typically seen as a form of religious expression, which is protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. By far the most controversial religious dress in…

“Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, The Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom’ by Spencer W. McBride” by Peter Wosnik

Dec 5, 2022Canopy ForumConviction, Literature HighlightsDecember 2022, Religious Freedom, Wosnik, Peter

“REVIEW: Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, The Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom by Spencer W. McBride” Peter Wosnik Now a world-wide faith with over 16 million adherents, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (popularly known as Mormonism) began as a small, radical religious movement in western New York in…