In the new Volume 6 of the Australian Journal of Law and Religion, Salim Farrar considers how Islamic Higher Education Institutions can be accommodated in the West. Free to read online: ausjlr.com/wp-content/u...
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In the new issue of the AJLR (Volume 6), Renae Barker and Tania Pagotto discuss how to model the relationship between government and religion across nation-states. Read for free here: ausjlr.com/wp-content/u...
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Happy to announce the release of Volume 6 of the Australian Journal of Law and Religion! Always free to submit and read as an Open Access journal. Issue is here: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/
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2025 Conference β The Australian Association for the Study of Religion
The Australian Association for the Study of Religion has circulated a Call for Papers for its 2025 conference: www.aasr.org.au/2025-confere...
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Call for Entries: 2025 Law and Religion Essay Competition - School of Law and Justice
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The submission deadline of 1 June for the USQ 2025 Law & Religion Essay Competition is fast approaching. The winner gets $ 500 and an opportunity to publish in the AJLR. Details: lawfully.unisq.edu.au/call-for-ent...
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In Volume 5, Benjamin Saunders reviews Robert Cochran's book The Servant Lawyer, on how to practice law as a Christian. It has relevant insights for any practitioner, but especially religious ones. Read more for free online: doi.org/10.55803/L033Q
17.04.2025 01:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In Volume 5, our co-editor Alex Deagon reviews the significant 864 page (!!!) Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law, edited by John Witte Jr. and Rafael Domingo. Free to read online here: doi.org/10.55803/M627S
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Free to read online, in Volume 5 we have a review of Michael Bird's book 'Religious Freedom in a Secular Age', by Jacob Carson. You can access the review here: doi.org/10.55803/I822X
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As part of Volume 5 we are pleased to present our very first interview, with esteemed former Australian High Court Justice Michael Kirby, who generously shares his thoughts and experiences on faith, sexuality and the law. Free to read online here: doi.org/10.55803/G096B
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Free to read online in the latest volume of the AJLR, Joseph Lee tackles the vexed question of how insurance works in compensation claims for abuse in religious institutions: doi.org/10.55803/X128V.
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In the latest issue of the AJLR, Rosemary Teele Langford and Malcolm Anderson consider the important question of how to improve governance of religious charities. Free to read online here: doi.org/10.55803/J120P.
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Working on something in the area of law and religion? Weβd love to consider it for issues # 6 and # 7 of the AJLR! See our 2025 Call for Papers here: www.ausjlr.com
12.02.2025 03:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In this surrejoinder, Neil Foster continues the debate on whether exemptions in state anti-discrimination laws impose different burdens on religious schools compared to the Cth Sex Discrimination Act, and are unconstitutional. Read for free in the new issue of the AJLR: doi.org/10.55803/U458I
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In the just-released Volume 5 (doi.org/10.55803/A317B) of the AJLR, Brady Earley provides a fascinating discussion of religious exemptions in ancient China, and what they can teach us about religious exemptions today. Read it online for free: doi.org/10.55803/T163B
05.02.2025 02:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cover of Issue # 5 of the Australian Journal of Law and Religion.
Issue # 5 of the AJLR has now been published: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/ (complete issue DOI: doi.org/10.55803/A317B). Weβre delighted to report that this issueβs Special Topic Forum on The Rise of the Nones has been co-published with Canopy Forum (canopyforum.org/australian-j...). #lawandreligion
30.01.2025 03:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The new Federal privacy tort and religious freedom
In the closing Parliamentary days of 2024, the Australian Federal Parliament created a new statutory privacy tort action, which may have a significant impact on churches and other religious groups.β¦
In a recent post on his Law and Religion Australia blog, (lawandreligionaustralia.blog/2025/01/03/t...) Neil Foster raises interesting questions about the new privacy tort and religious freedom. Weβd be interested to see research articles about this submitted to the AJLR. #religiousfreedom #privacy
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Queensland Atlas of Religion β QLD Atlas of Religion
Congratulations to the State Library of Queensland and the University of Queensland for completing the first iteration of the Queensland Atlas of Religion: qareligion.com.au Itβs an impressive achievement and a great resource for scholars!
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Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2024 (19 of 2024) | Parliament of TasmaniaClose searchClose searchSubmit searchToggle searchOpen menuClose menuParliament of Tasmania ho...
This week, Tasmania finally abolished the crime of blasphemy
I have previously written in @ausjlr.bsky.social and @aunz.theconversation.com about the need for all states to abolish this outdated and prejudiced offence
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If you're a graduate student doing work in law and religion, talk to your supervisor about turning a chapter of your thesis or dissertation into an article for the open-access and interdisciplinary Australian Journal of Law and Religion. #lawandreligion
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The Australian Journal of Law and Religion is happy to join Bluesky!
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