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“Perilous Times Ahead for Religious Freedom on Public College and University Campuses?” by Charles J. Russo

Mar 16, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, Education, March 2023, Religious Freedom, Russo, Charles J.

“Library” from Pixabay (License) After its recent attempts to challenge conscience exemptions for medical professionals whose faiths prevent them from participating in procedures such as abortion or gender reassignment surgery, the Biden administration has continued its assault on religious freedom. This time the administration and the Federal Department of Education (DOE) are placing the status…

“The Polish Contribution to the Global Legal Culture” by Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo

Feb 21, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Domingo, Rafael, February 2023, Longchamps de Bérier, Franciszek, Politics, Religious Freedom

The Polish Contribution to the Global Legal Culture Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo The following is excerpted from the Introduction of Law and Christianity in Poland: The Legacy of the Great Jurists, edited by Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Rafael Domingo and out now from Routledge. Poland stands out considerably on the international scene for its…

“The Banality of Anti-Judaism” by Matthew Cavedon

Feb 18, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysCavedon, Matthew P., February 2023, Judaism, Religious Freedom

European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg with Flags by Cédric Puisney (CC BY 2.0). Last year, Dr. Mia Brett wrote on Canopy Forum about the ways in which American law has demonstrated insensitivity to Jewish religious liberty. I found much to criticize in her characterization of Christian involvement in the pro-life movement. But her…

“When a Constitutional Democracy Meets Islam: The Italian Case” by Francesco Alicino

Feb 14, 2023Canopy ForumEssaysAlicino, Francesco, Europe (Geography), February 2023, Islam, Religious Freedom

“Italian Parliament Building” by Marco Verch (CC BY 2.0). In a constitutional democracy, the right to freedom of religion implies that everyone can freely profess, practise, and propagate their faith in various forms, alone or in community with others, in public or private, in worship, teaching, and observance. With this in mind, the political-legal task…

“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 ForumEssaysChristianity, February 2023, Healthcare, 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…

“Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic World” by Maria Berbara

Feb 9, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsBerbara, Maria, February 2023, Indigenous Religious Traditions, Latin America (Geography), Religious Freedom

Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic WorldMaria Berbara The following is an adapted excerpt from Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic World, edited by Maria Berbara. Available now from Harvard University Press. Sacrifice and Conversion in the Early Modern Atlantic World investigates the transit of texts, music, images, rituals and ideas…

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

Feb 7, 2023Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsChristianity, Europe (Geography), January 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, Asia (Geography), Christianity, February 2023, 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 ForumSeriesEurope (Geography), January 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., Politics, 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…