<p>Judicial battles over such issues as school prayer, state-funded vouchers for religious schools and the placement of Christmas crèches or Ten Commandments monuments on public property receive close scrutiny from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.</p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx Catholics who are aware of U.S. bishops’ concerns about restrictions on religious liberty generally agree with the bishops’ concerns. Yet there are no significant differences in presidential vote preferences between Catholic voters who have heard and those who have not heard about the bishops’ protests against government policies they see as restrictive of religious liberty. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899408939&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=Catholics Share Bishops’ Concerns about Religious Liberty&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>According to a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey of professional prison chaplains, America’s state penitentiaries are a bustle of religious activity. More than seven-in-ten chaplains say efforts by inmates to convert others is common, as is religious switching among prisoners. The chaplains consider religion-related programs in prison to be critical to the rehabilitation of prisoners.</p> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899378430&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>The Supreme Court issued a ruling in a significant church employment dispute, giving religious organizations wide latitude in hiring and firing clergy and other employees who perform religious duties. In its unanimous decision, the high court explicitly recognized a legal doctrine known as the “ministerial exception.”</p> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:20:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899368838&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=In Brief: The Supreme Court Takes Up Church Employment Disputes and the “Ministerial Exception”&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life is documenting trends in restrictions on religious practices around the globe, prompting new conversations on faith, liberty and political power.</p> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899368231&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=Rising Restrictions on Religion (Winter 2012 Trust Magazine Article)&WT.z_contenttype=Summary <p>The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Oct. 5 in a case that could help determine how much latitude religious organizations have in making employment decisions about clergy and others who perform religious duties.</p> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899364274&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=The Supreme Court to Take Up Case On Church Employment Disputes&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A new report from the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that nearly a third of the world's total population of 6.9 billion live in countries where either government restrictions on religion or social hostilities involving religion rose substantially between 2006 and 2009.</p> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:10:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899362940&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=Rising Restrictions on Religion&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>Are legal disputes involving churches and other religious institutions constitutionally different from those involving their secular counterparts, and if so, how?</p> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:50:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899358317&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=Religion Cases in Court&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>The Pew Charitable Trusts was the primary funder a of a six-hour documentary on American religion and public life.</p> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=61899&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=End Note: God in America (Fall 2010 Trust Magazine)&WT.z_contenttype=Summary <p>Polls this year by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life have found that more Americans favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally than did so just last year.</p> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=61110&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Religion and the Law&WT.rss_a=Support For Same-Sex Marriage Edges Upward&WT.z_contenttype=PublicOpinion Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx