As I finish writing a book manuscript about the US Supreme Court 1988 case Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, I am reminded of my first encounter with Kathleen Sands’s work. I was a doctoral student then, and what has since become an obsession with the Lyng case was just beginning to grow in me. I came across this case and was immediately intrigued because of the strong connections it had demonstrated between religion and land. See, in Israel/Palestine, where I grew u...| Syndicate
I am interested in exploring and critiquing the discursive implications of designating this area as wilderness, given the history of this idea and its role in dispossessing Indigenous communities.| Political Theology Network
We are excited to bring Spencer Dew, Nicholas Shrubsole, and Méadhbh McIvor into conversation about the juridification of religion and the religification of law, about the network of relationships…| Political Theology Network
This article takes as its point of departure the 2022 Interim Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, entitled “Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief.” The report recommends “collaborat[ing] with indigenous spiritual leaders and influencers to support conservation efforts and the sustainable development of traditional lands through a human rights-based approach.” We ask what a human-rights-based approach to the c...| Journal of the Council for Research on Religion
Cover Image: Mouth of the Klamath River on the Pacific Ocean, Del Norte County, California / Wikimedia. This article is part of our “Natural Law, Human Rights, and ‘Unalienable Rights” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. The Trump Administration’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights, recently convened by Secretary of…Read More| Canopy Forum
Dana Lloyd argues social movements inspired transitional justice can ground Indigenous sacred knowledge better than religious freedom in U.S. law, exploring how the Biden administration can help protect Native American lifeways.| berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
