Law and Religion in the 21st Century: Relations between States and Religious Communities

by Silvio Ferrari, Rinaldo Cristofori

Overview

This book brings together leading international scholars of law and religion to provide an overview of current issues in State-religion relations. The first part of the collection offers a picture of recent developments in key countries and regions. The second part is focused on Europe and, in particular, on the Nordic States and the post-communist countries where State-religion systems have undergone most profound change. The third and final part is devoted to four issues that are currently debated all over the world: the relations between freedom of expression and freedom of religion; proselytism and the right to change religion; the religious symbols; and the legal status of Islam in Europe and Canada.
The work will be a valuable resource for academics, students and policy-makers with an interest in the interaction between law and religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409497332
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Series:	Cultural Diversity and Law
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Silvio Ferrari is Professor of Canon Law, University of Milan and President, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Italy. His research interests are in the areas of Church and State in Europe; Comparative law of religions, and Vatican-Israel relations. He has published widely on these and related areas.

Rinaldo Cristofori is a Research Student at the University of Milan. His research concentrates on the role played by religion within transitional societies. In 2009, he was a member of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group.

Grace Davie, Lourens M. du Plessis, Fatou Kiné Camara, Tahir Mahmood, Hiroaki Kobayashi, W. Cole Durham Jr, Robert T. Smith, Juan Navarro Floria, Giuseppe Casuscelli, Giovanni Barberini, Balázs Schanda, Antonello De Oto, Marco Ventura, Lisbet Christoffersen, Mark Hill, Jeroen Temperman, Blandine Chélini-Pont, Asher Moaz, Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz, Aviad Hacohen, Nicolae V. Dura, Malcolm D. Evans, Peter Petkoff, Adelaide Madera, Hans Martien Th.D. ten Napel, Florian H.K. Theissen, ,Elena Miroshnikova, ,Mathias Rohe, ,Anne Saris, Jean-Mathieu Potvin, Carmen Garcimartín, Andrea Pin, Silvio Ferrari.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; A perspective from the sociology of religion, Grace Davie; Part I Patterns of Law and Religion: State and religion in South Africa: open issues and recent developments, Lourens M. du Plessis; States and religions in West Africa: problems and perspectives, Fatou Kiné Camara; Religious communities and the state in modern India, Tahir Mahmood; State and religion in Japan. Yasukuni Shrine as a case study, Hiroaki Kobayashi; Religion and the state in the United States at the turn of the 21st century, W. Cole Durham Jr and Robert T. Smith; Religions and law: current challenges in Latin America, Juan Navarro Floria. Part II Law and Religion in Europe, Introduction and Case Studies: State and religion in Europe, Giuseppe Casuscelli; Section I Central and Eastern Europe: States and religions in post-Communist Europe, Giovanni Barberini; The recent developments of church-state relations in Central Europe, Balázs Schanda; Church and state relations in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia, Antonello De Oto; Section II Northern Europe: States and churches in Northern Europe: achieving freedom and equality through establishment, Marco Ventura; Not even believing in belonging: states and churches in 5 North-European (post) Lutheran countries, Lisbet Christoffersen; Church and state in the United Kingdom: anachronism or microcosm, Mark Hill. Part III Current Debates: Section I Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Religion: Protection against religious hatred under the United Nations ICCPR and the European Convention system, Jeroen Temperman; Religious freedom and freedom of expression in France, Blandine Chélini-Pont; Section II Proselytism. Limits and Guarantees of a Debated Right: Proselytism and the right to change religion, Asher Moaz; Proselytism and the right to change religion in Islam, Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz; Proselytism and the right to change religion in Israel, Aviad Hacohen; Proselytism and the right to change religion: the Romanian debate, Nicolae V. Dura; Section III Different Approaches to Religious Symbols in Public Spaces: Religious symbols: an introduction, Malcolm D. Evans; Religious symbols between forum internum and forum externum, Peter Petkoff; A brief introduction on the religious symbols debate in Italy and the United States, Adelaide Madera; The European Court of Human Rights on religious symbols in public institutions – a comparative perspective: maximum protection of the freedom of religion through judicial minimalism?, Hans Martien Th.D. ten Napel and Florian H.K. Theissen; Civil religion and religious symbols in public institutions in Russia, Elena Miroshnikova; Section IV The Legal Status of Islam in Western States: The current debate on Islam, Mathias Rohe; Canadian Muslim women and resolution of family conflicts: an empirical qualitative study (2005–2007), Anne Saris and Jean-Mathieu Potvin; The implementation of the 1992 agreement in Spain, Carmen Garcimartín; Islam at the threshold, Andrea Pin; Conclusion, Silvio Ferrari; Index.