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Gender-Based Religious Persecution, Pooja R. Dadhania
Gender-Based Religious Persecution, Pooja R. Dadhania
Faculty Scholarship
People fleeing gender-based violence in the home face an uphill battle when seeking asylum in the United States. Through the lens of public and private spheres, this Article explores the underutilized religion ground for asylum for cases involving gender-based violence in the home—i.e., the private sphere. This Article argues that if an individual imposes a patriarchal practice on an asylum seeker in the private sphere and justifies that practice using religion, the asylum seeker’s resistance to that practice should constitute religious expression.
The religion ground protects individuals who are persecuted because of their religious beliefs and religious expression. It typically …
Newsroom: Slate: Goldstein On Travel Ban 02-17-2017, Jared A. Goldstein
Newsroom: Slate: Goldstein On Travel Ban 02-17-2017, Jared A. Goldstein
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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Rwu First Amendment Blog: Jared A. Goldstein's Blog: Trump's Order Violates Bedrock Principles Of Roger Williams And Ri 01-30-2017, Jared A. Goldstein
Rwu First Amendment Blog: Jared A. Goldstein's Blog: Trump's Order Violates Bedrock Principles Of Roger Williams And Ri 01-30-2017, Jared A. Goldstein
Law School Blogs
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Newsroom: Order Violates Roger Williams' Principles 01-30-2017, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newsroom: Order Violates Roger Williams' Principles 01-30-2017, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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Christian Realism And Immigration Reform, Victor C. Romero
Christian Realism And Immigration Reform, Victor C. Romero
Journal Articles
Drawing upon President Barack Obama’s admiration of Reinhold Niebuhr’s work, this Essay outlines a Protestant, Christian realist approach toward immigration policy, with specific focus on the role of the executive in providing providential leadership. Embracing realism in its political, moral, and theological dimensions, Christian realism offers a pragmatic, yet optimistic, alternative to secular liberalism’s faith in reason by striving instead to adhere to God’s guidance on matters, taking into account the fundamentally flawed nature of man. The specific policy prescriptions described here mirror the twin virtues of Christian realism by promoting the hope in pursuit of the peaceable kingdom and …
Religious Justification For The Practice Of Ecclesiastical Sanctuary, David H. Michels, David Blaikie
Religious Justification For The Practice Of Ecclesiastical Sanctuary, David H. Michels, David Blaikie
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Stories about Canadian Christian churches engaging in civil disobedience by offering sanctuary to refugee claimants have been much in the news the past several years. Typical is the case of Ms. Sanja Pecelji who fled to St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Halifax to avoid a deportation order back to Serbia-Montenegro. The church minister, Rev. Susan Moxley, stated that Ms. Pecelji and her supporters in the church community were determined that she would reside in the church until the government reviewed her application for refugee status. “The tradition of providing sanctuary to those in need is a long-standing one for the …
Dutch Uncle Sam: Immigration Reform And Notions Of Family, Lolita Buckner Inniss
Dutch Uncle Sam: Immigration Reform And Notions Of Family, Lolita Buckner Inniss
Publications
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