by Kudos to American Muslim Leaders! Terrific story in New York Times.
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by I spent about eight hours this past weekend reviewing applicants for a college scholarship program. The objective of this very worthwhile program – I don’t want to reveal further details for the usual reasons – is to identify talented, disadvantaged high school students who would benefit enormously from attending the kind of colleges that are [...]
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by Following up on Rick’s post, if you’re in New York next week, the Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University will host a panel discussion on October 21, “Christians in the Middle East – Contemporary Human Rights Concerns.” Panelists will discuss problems Middle Eastern Christians face and the potential for addressing them through [...]
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by John Allen reports, in the National Catholic Reporter, that religious freedom has emerged as “the signature issue” for the Synod of Bishops of the Middle East: It’s only day one of the Oct. 10-24 Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, but already its signature issue has come into focus: Religious freedom, seen as the cornerstone [...]
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by Little did you know that LawReligionEthics.com has had a correspondent in Juba, Sudan for the last few days. Sudan has experienced violent religious conflict over the last three decades, leading to the deaths of three million people. I was brought here by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to speak to a group [...]
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by I just received in the mail Donald Drakeman’s book called “Church, State, and Original Intent” (Cambridge 2010). This is an excellent treatment of its subject. I read it over quickly a couple of months ago when our library got a copy, but I put off buying my own because it was, frankly, pretty expensive. But [...]
Read the full postMuch is being made over the latest survey to demonstrate that Americans know less than we think we do. This time, the subject is religion. The Pew Forum this week released the results of its U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey, designed to test Americans’ knowledge of major faith traditions and the role of religion in public [...]
Read the full postAn FYI for our readers: The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University School of Law will present the second annual Religious Legal Theory Conference at its Queens, New York campus on November 5. This year’s theme, “Religion in Law, Law in Religion,” covers traditional religion/state questions as well as emerging issues in [...]
Read the full postOn the Mirror of Justice blog, and also on the religiousleftlaw blog, Steve Shiffrin has posted a couple of comments on my book “The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse.” Readers of this blog might be interested. Here are some links: http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2010/09/secular-discourse-religious-discourse-and-steven-smith.html and http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2010/09/the-di.html I posted the following response to Steve’s second post: I thank Steve for [...]
Read the full postBurning Qur’ans, as Terry Jones threatened to do last week, is wrong. It is disrespectful and needlessly provocative, an act that threatens the fabric of a pluralistic society. I take this to be axiomatic, as do most Americans. And yet, had Jones carried out his plan, his actions would have been protected by the First [...]
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