In the News: Apocalypse, Saints & Breadsticks
A round-up of recent religion news. Continue Reading →
Tag: religion and law
The Patient Body: When are Religious Exemptions Religious?
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. Continue Reading →
Review: Considering Hate
Patrick Blanchfield reviews Considering Hate by Kay Whitlock and Michael Bronski Continue Reading →
In The News: #LoveWins, #TakeItDown, #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches
A round-up of the week’s religion news. Continue Reading →
The Different Kinds of Hunger: Ramadan at Guantanamo
By Sajida Jalalzai. A hunger strike at Guantanamo during Ramadan reveals contradictions about religion, ethics, and prisoners’ rights. Continue Reading →
The Globalization of Blasphemy
by Austin Dacey The Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1837 by the Indian Law Commission…In their commentaries, the commissioners observed that India is “pregnant with dangers” because of a susceptibility to “religious excitement” peculiar to Muslims and Hindus. Continue Reading →
Li'l Islam: Role-Play Religion
By Hally Hall-I Chu Many schools have role-playing exercises designed to help students better understand the subjects they portray. Pretend to be Galileo and write down how you feel when Continue Reading →
Bork You
“There is a great deal more to constitutional law than hostility to Roe.” Zing! Says who? Robert Bork, the guy who didn’t get the job Harriet Miers is about to Continue Reading →
Media-Assisted Suicide
How coverage of the “right to die” keeps us from dealing with death. By Marissa Kantor This is not a piece about Harriet Miers’ evangelical beliefs. This is not a Continue Reading →
Things to Debate in Denver When You're Almost Dead
The Colorado Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether or not to reinstate the death sentence of a convicted murderer and rapist who in 1995 was given the death penalty Continue Reading →