Religion and medicine have historically gone hand in hand, but increasingly have come into conflict in the U.S. as health care has become both more secular and more heavily regulated. Law has a dual role here, simultaneously generating conflict between religion and health care, for example through new coverage mandates or legally permissible medical interventions that violate religious norms, while also acting as a tool for religious accommodation and protection of conscience. This conference identified the various ways in which law intersects with religion and health care in the United States, examined the role of law in creating or mediating conflict between religion and health care, and explored potential legal solutions to allow religion and health care to simultaneously flourish in a culturally diverse nation.

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When Religion
Pollutes…
An offshoot of God is Not Always Green: When
Religious Practice and Environmentalism Collide
(forthcoming, Beacon Press 2016)

2. National Eagle Repository

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4. Processing Eagles at the Repository

5. Processing Eagles at the Repository

6. Iowa Tribal Aviary, Perkins Oklahoma

7. Idol Immersion in India

8. Idol Immersion in India

9. Idol Immersion in India

10. Idol Immersion in India

11. Joss Burning in HK, Singapore

12. Joss Burning in HK, Singapore

13. Joss Burning in HK, Singapore

14. Joss Burning in HK, Singapore

15. Joss Burning in HK, Singapore

16. Two Examples from the US