The Australian Association for the Study of Religion has circulated a Call for Papers for its 2025 conference: www.aasr.org.au/2025-confere...

The Australian Journal of Law and Religion and Canopy Forum teamed up recently for a special project on "The Rise of the Nones". Check it out here: canopyforum.org/australian-j...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Working on something in the area of law and religion? We’d love to consider it for issues # 6 and # 7 of the AJLR! See our 2025 Call for Papers here: www.ausjlr.com

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

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

Issue # 5 of the AJLR has now been published: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/ (complete issue DOI: doi.org/10.55803/A317B). We’re delighted to report that this issue’s Special Topic Forum on The Rise of the Nones has been co-published with Canopy Forum (canopyforum.org/australian-j...). #lawandreligion

Congratulations to the Mattone Center for Law and Religion on the launch of its new YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@MattoneCent..., continuing the precedent set by the informative Legal Spirits podcast. #lawandreligion

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. We’d be interested to see research articles about this submitted to the AJLR. #religiousfreedom #privacy

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 It’s an impressive achievement and a great resource for scholars!

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 tinyurl.com/bdewtth3 tinyurl.com/mtx8f98c theconversation.com/blasphemy-is-

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

The Australian Journal of Law and Religion is happy to join Bluesky!