Church, State, and Virtue in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo (2020)

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ID20249672
AuthorsElizabeth A David (0000-0002-1214-1981, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue2
Pages239
Publication date2023-02-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14020239
OpenAlexW4319972827
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

To curb the spread of COVID-19, houses of worship in the State of New York were legally required to limit attendance at religious ceremonies. Two religious communities—the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and the Orthodox Jewish organization, Agudath Israel of America—asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. This article provides a theological interpretation of the Court’s decision to grant these communities injunctive relief, thus freeing them from the State’s restrictions on religious attendance. Drawing upon the Catholic tradition, and especially the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the article offers a sustained virtue-based analysis of the Court opinion and of the relationship between church and state more generally

Art history · Political science · SAINT · Sociology · Supreme court · Virtue · Worship · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Religious Freedom and Discrimination · Religious studies

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