http://pewforum.org/ The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. en-us Copyright: (C) Copyright 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved. info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:01 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://pewforum.org/images/rssfeeds.gif http://pewforum.org/ http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18996 Yoga practitioners are criticizing a Missouri sales tax that applies to yoga classes, claiming they should be exempt because the lessons include spiritual elements. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18996 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18989 Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18989 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18967 As the health care battle moved forward last week, Phil Davis, a senior Christian Science church official, hurriedly delivered bundles of letters to Senate offices promoting a little-noticed proposal in the legislation requiring insurers to consider covering the church's prayer treatments just as they do other medical expenses. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18967 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18971 Washington state is trying to avoid another holiday-season controversy by barring religious and other nongovernmental displays inside buildings at the Capitol campus in Olympia. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18971 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18990 By now, Sekou Jackson is used to the questions: Why does he need to leave a work meeting to pray? Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18990 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18926 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear the appeal of 13 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay naval base who are cleared for release yet are still being held. The case sets up a major test of the power among the branches of government to order detainees freed. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18926 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18901 North Texans were both angry and relieved last month when federal agents arrested a Jordanian teenager in a failed plot to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18901 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18890 SALT LAKE CITY — More than four years after Utah sought to protect assets in a polygamous church's land trust, the state's plan seems to have backfired — the trust is mired in debt, tangled in lawsuits and some of the land that was supposed to be preserved is poised for court-ordered sale. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18890 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18894 ORLANDO -- First there was Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy torn between two nations. Then there was Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman torn between two families. Now comes Rifqa Bary, the teenage runaway torn between two faiths. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18894 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18877 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed as "unnecessary" a bill that would require law enforcement officials to learn about Sikhs, specifically a ceremonial dagger called a kirpan considered a central article of faith. Religion & the Law http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=18877 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST