Religion, Rights and Secular Society
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84980-367-0 (ISBN)
Covering recent controversies such as the Islamic headscarf, and the presence of the crucifix in school class-rooms, this book will appeal to academics and students in law, human rights and the social sciences, as well as law and policy makers and NGOs in the field of human rights.
Contributors include: S. Bacquet, P. Cumper, E. Daly, G. Davie, P.W. Edge, A.C. Emilianides, T. Lewis, T. Loenen, V.A. Lykes, J. Mertus, M. Morav íková, J.S.
Edited by Peter Cumper, University of Leicester, UK and Tom Lewis, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Contents:
1. Introduction: Freedom of Religion and Belief – the Contemporary Context
Peter Cumper and Tom Lewis
2. The Netherlands: Neutral But Not Indifferent
Marjolein van den Brink and Titia Loenen
3. Secularism and Establishment in the United Kingdom
Peter W. Edge
4. Law, Religion and Belief in Germany
Gerhard Robbers
5. Religion in the Constitutional Order of the Republic of Ireland
Eoin Daly
6. Religion and Secular Values in Spain: A Long Path to a Real Religious Pluralism
Eugenia Relaño Pastor
7. The Rise and Contradictions of Italy as a Secular State
Marco Ventura
8. Religious Freedom in a Secular Society: An Analysis of the French Approach to Manifestation of Beliefs in the Public Sphere
Sylvie Bacquet
9. Secularism, Law and Religion Within the Cypriot Legal Order
Achilles C. Emilianides
10. The Pendulum of Church–State Relations in Hungary
Renata Uitz
11. Law, Religion and Belief in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland
Michaela Moravčíková
12. Human Rights and Religion in the Balkans
Julie Mertus
13. Understanding Religion in Europe: A Continually Evolving Mosaic
Grace Davie
14. Islam and Secular Values in Europe: From Canon to Chaos?
Jørgen S. Nielsen
15. Legal Considerations Concerning New Religious Movements in the ‘New Europe’
James T. Richardson and Valerie A. Lykes
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.12.2012 |
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Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84980-367-6 / 1849803676 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84980-367-0 / 9781849803670 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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