Religious Freedom in Secular States: A 21st Century Perspective

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-44995-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights

What constitutes the core values, tenets, cultural, historic, and ideological parameters of secularism in international contexts? In twelve chapters, this edited work examines current tensions in liberal secular states where myriad rights and freedoms compete regarding education, healthcare, end-of-life choices, clothing, sexual orientation, reproduction, and minority interests. It explores the legal complexity of defining a ‘religion’ through judicial decisions and scrutinises Christianity, Hinduism and Islam’s relative success in accommodating religious pluralism.

Part One explores the religious practice and persecution nexus, COVID-19’s effect on religious freedom, religious education, burqas/headscarves, and religious culture in civil law. Part Two explores the constitutional principle of secularism in Member States of the Council of Europe, US Religious Clauses, and religious freedom in South Africa, UK, Australia, and India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhuiyan, Md Jahid Hossain

Black, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Editors

Notes on Contributors

Part 1: Contemporary Religious Freedom Issues in Secular Nations

1 Religious Freedom in a Secular State: An Introduction

Ann Black and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

2 Civic Religion and the Rationality of Persecution

Darryn Jensen

3 In the Time of the COVID-19: Law, Religious Freedom and the Secular State

Ann Black

4 Bans on the Wearing of Burqas, Niqabs and Hijabs, Religious Freedom and the Secular Nature of the State

Erica Howard

5 The ‘Non-Religious’ in Religion and Worldviews Education and in the Light of Human Rights Law

Paul Weller

6 Religious Footprints in Secular Sand-the Imprint of Religious Culture in Civil Law

Javier García Oliva and Helen Hall

Part 2: National Approaches to Religious Freedom

7 The Constitutional Principle of Secularism in the Member States of the Council of Europe

Rossella Bottoni

8 The Religion Clauses in the U.S. Constitution

Russell L. Weaver

9 Constitutional Culture, Religion, and England-beyond Establishment

Javier García Oliva

10 Religious Freedom in South Africa

Helena van Coller

11 Religious Freedom in Australia

Peter Black

12 Religious Freedom in India and the Impact of Hindutva on Religious Minorities

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Ph.D., The University of Queensland, Australia, is currently a Humboldt research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany. He is the co-editor of Law and Religion in the Liberal State (Hart Publishing, 2020).

Ann Black, SJD, is Associate Professor of Law, The University of Queensland and Executive Director for Comparative Law in the Centre of Public, International and Comparative Law. She has over 100 publications including the co-authored book Modern Perspective of Islamic Law (Edward Elgar, 2013).