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UK Court: Child of Divorced Parents May Convert from Judaism to Christianity...
What a wrenching — and in its implications for how civil courts understand minority religious traditions, fascinating — case. An English judge has ruled that a 10-year old Jewish girl may be baptized...
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Yildirim on Turkey’s Draft Constitution
The Forum 18 Blog has an interesting article by Mine Yildirim (Åbo Akademi University) on the freedom of religion provisions in a draft constitution currently under consideration in Turkey. The ruling...
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Deringil, “Conversion and Apostasy in the Late Ottoman Empire”
Conversion is a problematic concept for Muslim-majority societies. Classical Islamic law makes conversion from Islam a capital offense, and many Muslim-majority countries today, even those that do not...
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Iran Releases Pastor Accused of Apostasy
Good news from Iran this weekend: the government has released Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani from prison. The Iranian government initially had sentenced Nadarkhani, who converted to Christianity from Islam,...
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CLR Co-Hosts Briefing With UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or...
In New York yesterday, CLR co-hosted a lunch briefing with Professor Heiner Beielefeldt (left), the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Beielefeldt was in New York to present his...
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Good and Bad at the UN
Last Thursday, I attended a meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee – the so-called “Third Committee” – for presentation of the annual report of the Special...
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Lecture: “Who is a Jew?” (Feb. 19)
Fordham’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyers’ Work will host a lecture, “‘Who is a Jew’: Israeli Law versus the Press,” on February 19. The speaker, Professor Yifat Holzman-Gazit, will discuss a...
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Wachtel, “The Faith of Remembrance”
This past January, University of Pennsylvania Press published The Faith of Remembrance by Nathan Wachtel (Collège de France). The publisher’s description follows. In a series of intimate and searing...
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Lecture at Fordham on Conversion in Jewish Law (April 16)
On Tuesday, April 16, Fordham’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work will host the Martin J. Hertz Lecture in Jewish Law and Culture: “How Concepts of Jewish Peoplehood Inform Legal Rulings.”...
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Six Years and 300 Lashes
According to reports in the Arab media and Reuters, Saudi Arabia has convicted a Lebanese man of “evangelism” and sentenced him to six years in prison and 300 lashes. According to reports, the man, an...
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“Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World” (Marzouki and Roy, eds.)
This month, Palgrave Macmillan releases Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World, edited by Nadia Marzouki (European University Institute, Italy) and Oliver Roy (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en...
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Winroth, “The Conversion of Scandinavia”
This January, Yale University Press will publish The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe by Anders Winroth (Yale University). The...
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Gilham, “Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950″
In June, Oxford University Press will publish Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950, by Jamie Gilham. The publisher’s description follows. Loyal Enemies uncovers the history of the...
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Constructing Indian Christianities (Bauman & Young, eds.)
Today, Routledge releases Constructing Indian Christianities: Conversion, Culture, and Caste, edited by Chad M. Bauman (Butler University) and Richard Fox Young (Princeton Theological Seminary). The...
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Barua, “Debating ‘Conversion’ in Hinduism and Christianity”
In April, Routledge will release “Debating ‘Conversion’ in Hinduism and Christianity” by Ankur Barua (University of Cambridge, UK). The publisher’s description follows: Hindu and Christian debates over...
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Tene, “Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico”
This month, Brill releases “Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico” by Ran Tene (Hebrew University). The publisher’s description follows: “Conversion” is a basic religious...
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Leichtman, “Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa”
In August, the Indiana University Press will release “Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal,” by Mara A. Leichtman (Michigan State University). The...
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Kimmel, “Parables of Coercion”
In October, the University of Chicago Press will release “Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain,” by Seth Kimmel (Columbia University). The publisher’s description...
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Conroy-Krutz, “Christian Imperialism”
In August, the Cornell University Press released “Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic,” by Emily Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State University). The publisher’s...
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“Crescent Over Another Horizon” (eds. del Mar Logroño Narbona et al)
This month, the University of Texas Press releases “Crescent Over Another Horizon: Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USA,” edited by Maria del Mar Logroño Narbona (Florida International...
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