Wilson, Robin Fretwell Archives

“Resilience During a Pandemic: What Citizens Teach Us About Faith, Policy and other Questions” by Robin Fretwell Wilson, Ruby Mendenhall, Marie-Joe Noon, Karen Simms, and Sara Buitron Viveros

Apr 29, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesApril 2021, Ethics & Morality, Mendenhall, Ruby, Noon, Marie-Joe, Simms, Karen Crawford, Viveros, Sara Buitron, Wilson, Robin Fretwell

This article is part of our “Law and Religion Under Pressure: A One-Year Pandemic Retrospective” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. On March 21, 2020, Americans became shut-ins overnight. Around 245 million people in the U.S. found themselves under stay-at-home orders. In Illinois, where we teach and work, Governor…

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

Oct 2, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesOctober 2020, Religious Freedom, Wilson, Robin Fretwell

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…

“Defiant Congregations in a Pandemic: Public Safety Precedes Religious Rights” by Robin Fretwell Wilson, Brian A. Smith, and Tanner J. Bean

Mar 21, 2020Canopy ForumSeriesBean, Tanner J., Healthcare, March 2020, Smith, Brian A., Wilson, Robin Fretwell

Families across America are running for cover from COVID-19. And for good reason: as of today, the United States has over 15,000 confirmed cases. More than 200 Americans are dead. One of us, who leads a task force on COVID-19, has been told that absent responsible prevention, a coming tsunami of patients will overwhelm our healthcare…