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Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse, M. Cathleen Kaveny Jan 2006

Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse, M. Cathleen Kaveny

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


The French "Headscarves Ban": Intolerance Or Necessity?, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 235 (2006), Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler Jan 2006

The French "Headscarves Ban": Intolerance Or Necessity?, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 235 (2006), Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Reply To Professor Beck, Jason Carter Jan 2006

A Reply To Professor Beck, Jason Carter

Georgia Law Review

The 2004 election reinvigorated the debate about Christianity's role in our nation's lawmaking. The election saw increased polarization between the secular left, and the politicized Christian right.' Evangelical Protestants voted overwhelmingly for the Republican candidate, George W. Bush, while the most secular voters voted overwhelmingly for John Kerry.2 The 2004 election emboldened the Christian right. In addition to what they believed was their crucial role in President Bush's victory, the Christian right celebrated the passage of constitutional amendments banning gay marriage in all eleven states where such amendments were on the ballot.? One leader of the Christian right stated that …


Toward A Genuine Debate About Morals, Religion, Politics, And Law: Why America Needs A Christian Response To The "Christian" Right, Jason Carter Jan 2006

Toward A Genuine Debate About Morals, Religion, Politics, And Law: Why America Needs A Christian Response To The "Christian" Right, Jason Carter

Georgia Law Review

America's current debate about religion's role in politics offers a false choice. On one side is the politicized Christian right.' This group, loosely defined, consists of those political groups and leaders who associate themselves with traditional conservative ideas on culture and claim to represent fundamentalist or evangelical Christians. This group has been by far the most vocal advocate of the position that religion deserves an increased role in our nation's policy making. Indeed, it has come to dominate that position. The response to the Christian right has come almost exclusively from the secular left. It argues not with the Christian …


The City Of God And The Cities Of Men: A Response To Jason Carter, Randy Beck Jan 2006

The City Of God And The Cities Of Men: A Response To Jason Carter, Randy Beck

Georgia Law Review

Jason initially considers and rejects philosophical positions that call for citizens to put aside their religious beliefs when they participate in the political sphere.' He advocates, instead, the freedom to live a "religiously integrated existence" in all areas of life, including political life. Here, Jason reminds me of another Carter-Professor Stephen L. Carter of the Yale Law School. In The Culture of Disbelief, Professor Carter contends that "[in our sensible zeal to keep religion from dominating our politics, we have created a political and legal culture that presses the religiously faithful to be other than themselves, to act publicly, and …


Restorative Justice, Slavery And The American Soul, A Policy-Oriented Approach To The Question Of Slavery Reparations By The United States, Michael F. Blevins Nov 2005

Restorative Justice, Slavery And The American Soul, A Policy-Oriented Approach To The Question Of Slavery Reparations By The United States, Michael F. Blevins

ExpressO

This LL.M. Intercultural Human Rights thesis (May, 2005), awarded the best student paper prize for 2005 by the Institute of Policy Sciences at Yale University (in October, 2005), after analysing past and curent issues regarding the culture wars controversy of "reparations", proposes a specific process for establishing Truth and Reconciliation regarding the legacy of slavery in the United States. The proposal recommends commissions in each Federal judicial district under the supervision of a U.S. Slavery Justice and Reconciliation Commission (USSJRC), calling for "America's 21st Century Contract with Africa and African-Americans".


Resurrection From Babel: The Cultural, Political, And Legal Status Of Christian Communities In Lebanon And Syria And Their Prospects For The Future, Alexandra R. Harrington Nov 2005

Resurrection From Babel: The Cultural, Political, And Legal Status Of Christian Communities In Lebanon And Syria And Their Prospects For The Future, Alexandra R. Harrington

ExpressO

In the well-known Biblical story, the faithful, attempting to create a place of unity for themselves, set about building the Tower of Babel, only to see the Tower implode due to linguistic differences and power assertions. Thousands of years later, the world is still plagued by sectarian strife and warfare. Indeed, the situation has only become more involved since Babel, as there are now inter-communal and intra-communal conflicts for supremacy and superiority – a notable difference in these conflicts is that the ultimate tool of getting to Heaven is no longer a tower, it is now a state. Within the …


Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor Sep 2005

Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor

ExpressO

No abstract provided.


Challenges And Opportunities Facing Religious Freedom In The Public Square, Judge J. Clifford Wallace Sep 2005

Challenges And Opportunities Facing Religious Freedom In The Public Square, Judge J. Clifford Wallace

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities, Blandine Chelini-Pont Sep 2005

Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities, Blandine Chelini-Pont

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities In Ghanaian Lawmaking, 1989-2004, Elom Dovlo Sep 2005

Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities In Ghanaian Lawmaking, 1989-2004, Elom Dovlo

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rethinking The Role Of Religion In Changing Public Spheres: Some Comparative Perspectives, Rosalind I.J. Hackett Sep 2005

Rethinking The Role Of Religion In Changing Public Spheres: Some Comparative Perspectives, Rosalind I.J. Hackett

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities In Japan, Hiroaki Kobayashi Sep 2005

Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities In Japan, Hiroaki Kobayashi

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Christian Faith And Political Life: A Pre- And Post-Election Dialogue, Jason Carter, Randy Beck Aug 2005

Christian Faith And Political Life: A Pre- And Post-Election Dialogue, Jason Carter, Randy Beck

ExpressO

The 2004 presidential election has generated a wide-ranging discussion of the role of religion in public life. Well before the election, Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, anticipated the difficulties the political left would experience in attracting the votes of theologically conservative Christians. In a paper initially drafted for a Spring 2004 law school seminar, Mr. Carter called for a genuine dialogue about political implications of the Christian faith, designed to overcome the country's unhealthy polarization between a religious right and a secular left. In light of the election results, Prof. Randy Beck suggested that Mr. Carter's seminar …


Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, And The Paradox Of Community And Autonomy, Gregory C. Pingree Aug 2005

Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, And The Paradox Of Community And Autonomy, Gregory C. Pingree

ExpressO

The article explores the rhetorical strategies deployed in both legal and cultural narratives of Mormon polygamy in nineteenth-century America. It demonstrates how an understanding of that unique communal experience, and the narratives by which it was represented, informs the classic paradox of community and autonomy – the tension between the collective and the individual. The article concludes by using the Mormon polygamy analysis to illuminate a contemporary social situation that underscores the paradox of community and autonomy – homosexuality and the so-called culture wars over family values and the meaning of marriage.


Rites And Rights In Afghanistan: The Hazara And The 2004 Constitution, Justin Deystone Jan 2005

Rites And Rights In Afghanistan: The Hazara And The 2004 Constitution, Justin Deystone

Publications

No abstract provided.


Three Concepts Of Church Autonomy, Ronald R. Garet Nov 2004

Three Concepts Of Church Autonomy, Ronald R. Garet

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Autonomy Of Church And State, Brett G. Scharffs Nov 2004

The Autonomy Of Church And State, Brett G. Scharffs

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dissent And Disestablishment: The Church-State Settlement In The Early American Republic, Carl H. Esbeck Nov 2004

Dissent And Disestablishment: The Church-State Settlement In The Early American Republic, Carl H. Esbeck

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fundamentalism From The Perspective Of Liberal Tolerance, Leslie C. Griffin Jan 2003

Fundamentalism From The Perspective Of Liberal Tolerance, Leslie C. Griffin

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.


Religion, Politics, And Feminist Epistemology: A Comment On The Uses And Abuses Of Morality In Public Discourse, Susan H. Williams Apr 2002

Religion, Politics, And Feminist Epistemology: A Comment On The Uses And Abuses Of Morality In Public Discourse, Susan H. Williams

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium on "Law, Morality, and Popular Culture in the Public Sphere" at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, April 6, 2001.


Religion, Politics, And The 2000 Presidential Election: A Selective Survey And Tentative Appraisal, Daniel O. Conkle Apr 2002

Religion, Politics, And The 2000 Presidential Election: A Selective Survey And Tentative Appraisal, Daniel O. Conkle

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium on "Law, Morality, and Popular Culture in the Public Sphere" at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, April 6, 2001.


Understanding Islam And The Radicals, David F. Forte Oct 2001

Understanding Islam And The Radicals, David F. Forte

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

The United States is in a war, but it is not a war between Islam and the West. Radical Islamic terrorists hijacked four airplanes and killed thousands of innocent Americans on September 11. But their enmity was not just directed against the United States and the civilization it represents. These terrorists also mean, as President Bush made clear in his speech to the Joint Session of Congress recently, to hijack Islam itself and destroy Islamic civilization. In the developing battle on behalf of these two great civilizations, it is imperative that we understand something about the basic traditions of Islam …


Mother Of All Rights: Making The World Safe For Religion, David F. Forte Jan 2001

Mother Of All Rights: Making The World Safe For Religion, David F. Forte

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Freedom of religion is not just one right among many. It is, in the words of the Islamic scholar John Kelsay, "the mother of all rights." When a state recognizes religious liberty, it ipso facto allows people the right to worship an authority higher than the state. Congress should insist that before any reconstruction aid is approved for Afghanistan, the new government there should affirm legal protection for basic human rights, including most importantly, freedom of religion.


Law, Ethics, And Religion In The Public Square: Principles Of Restraint And Withdrawal, Samuel J. Levine Jan 2000

Law, Ethics, And Religion In The Public Square: Principles Of Restraint And Withdrawal, Samuel J. Levine

Scholarly Works

In recent years, scholars have begun to recognize and discuss the profound questions that arise in attempting to determine the place of religion in the law and the legal profession. This discussion has emerged on at least two separate yet related levels. On one level, scholars have debated the place of religion in various segments of the public sphere, including law and politics. On a second level, lawyers have expressed the aim to place their professional values and obligations in the context of their overriding religious obligations. This article explores, from both an ethical and jurisprudential perspective, the question of …


Christians V. Crystal Evangelical Free Church: Interpreting Rfra In The Battle Among God, The Government, And The Bankruptcy Code, Susan Franck Apr 1997

Christians V. Crystal Evangelical Free Church: Interpreting Rfra In The Battle Among God, The Government, And The Bankruptcy Code, Susan Franck

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

In keeping with their religious traditions as devout Protestants, Bruce and Nancy Young regularly gave to their church in New Hope, Minnesota. From February 1991 to February 1992, the Youngs tithed $13,450 to their church.' Unfortunately-due to financial difficulties--the Youngs filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in February 1992. Because the Youngs tithed the $13,450 while insolvent, the bankruptcy trustee for their estate initiated a proceeding to void the transfers and return the contributions to the estate.


Religious Persecution: A Viable Basis For Seeking Refugee Status In The United States?, Eric T. Johnson Nov 1996

Religious Persecution: A Viable Basis For Seeking Refugee Status In The United States?, Eric T. Johnson

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religious Liberty And Democratic Politics, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1996

Religious Liberty And Democratic Politics, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

Some time ago, President Clinton talked to a gathering of religious journalists about abortion. He said that he did not believe that the biblical passages often cited by those who are "pro-life" indicate· clearly that abortion is wrong and should be prohibited. The reasons many people have for wanting abortion to be prohibited, or for allowing abortion, relate to their religious convictions. These people, for the most part, regard it as perfectly appropriate that religious perspectives help determine public policy on abortion in the United States. Others object. They say that the religious views of some people should not be …


The Multicultures Of Belief And Disbelief, Sanford Levinson May 1994

The Multicultures Of Belief And Disbelief, Sanford Levinson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Battleground: One Mother's Crusade, the Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of Our Classrooms by Stephen Bates and The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion by Stephen L. Carter


'Peace: A Gift Of God, A Human Task': Toward A Liberation Theology For Northern Ireland, David Miles Moore Jan 1992

'Peace: A Gift Of God, A Human Task': Toward A Liberation Theology For Northern Ireland, David Miles Moore

Honors Theses

PREFACE: I would have to cite the five months I spent in Cork, Ireland as the biggest motivating factor behind this paper. I knew next to nothing about Northern Ireland before this period. Soon after my arrival in Cork, however, I became fascinated with the socio-religious anomaly to the north of me. Since I became a religion major at Colby, I have always been interested in liberation theology. As I read about the poverty, injustice and violence that pervades Northern Ireland, I was reminded of the context in which Gustavo Gutierrez, Tissa Balasuriya, and Elsa Tamez write and live. The …