Law and Religion

Current Legal Issues 2001 Volume 4

Richard O'Dair, Andrew Lewis (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

606 Seiten

2001
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924660-1 (ISBN)

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Common and civil law jurisdictions are represented in this text which looks at the relationship between law and religion. The volume discusses common hermeneutical questions faced by Islamic, Christian and Jewish traditions and the implications for religious practice over human rights.

Law and Religion, the fourth volume in the Current Legal Issues series, is a comprehensive treatment of an area that will stimulate and enlighten anyone interested in law and religion. Both common and civil law jurisdictions and a wide variety of cultural contexts are represented. In addition the volume contains contributions written from a wide variety of faith perspectives (Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Ba'hai) as well as from a secular perspective. Contributors discuss a series of difficult and important issues from the interaction in contemporary societies of law and religious practice to the coherence of the notion of the soul and of the scope and limits of our concept of religion in a post modern world. A major theme of the volume is the common hermeneutical questions faced by the Islamic Christian and Jewish traditions. In addition, the implications for religious practice of the contemporary ascendancy of human rights are thoroughly and critically considered. A number of the essays argue forcefully for controversial conclusions such as the legitimacy of the claim by some of the Christian Churches in New Zealand to exemption from legislation prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The European Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the Court come under particular critical scrutiny for example in relation to their protection of freedom of religion in the work place. Consideration is given to the extent to which State law can, should and does provide a regulatory framework for the life of religious institutions without compromising their collective autonomy for example in relation to matters of doctrine.

Andrew Lewis is Senior Lecturer in Laws at University College London Richard O'Dair is Senior lecturer in Laws at University College London

Editorial Introduction ; The Image of God and the Moral Identity of Persons: An Evaluation of the Holistic Theology of Persons ; The Divine in the Law ; Giving unto Caesar: Rationality, Reciprocity, and Legal Recognition of Religion ; Politics and Sociology: New Research Agendas for the Study of Law and religion ; Law as a Religious Enterprise: Legal Interpretation and Scriptural Interpretation ; Historical Observations on the Relationship between Letter and Spirit ; 'Batter My Heart': On the Three Disciplined Search for Meaning ; Postmodernism, Hermeneutics, and Authenticity: Interpreting Legal and Theological Texts in the 21st Century ; The 'First Source' of Islamic Law: Muslim Legal Exegesis of the Qua'an ; Law and Religion: The Case of the History of Human Rights: Freedom of Religion as the Fruit of the Radical Reformation ; The European Court of Human Rights and Religion ; Human Rights, Religious Liberty, and the University Debate ; Religious Liberty as a Collective Right ; Clashing Rights, Exemptions, and Opt-Outs: Religious Liberty and 'Homophobia' ; Religious Group Autonomy, Gay Ordination and Human Rights Law ; Freedom of Religion: Legal Perspective on Religion ; Professional Ethics and Autonomy: A Theological Critique ; Clergy Privilege and Conscientious Objection to the Privilege ; Is the Jewish 'Get' any Business of the State? ; The Intersecting Worlds of Religious and Secular Marriage ; Judicial Approaches to Religious Disputes ; Justifications for Religious Autonomy ; Religious Remants in the Composition of the United Kingdom parliament ; Religious Denomination or Public Religion?: The Legal Status of the Church of England ; Defining the Legal Boundaries of Orthodoxy: For Public and Private Religion in England ; International Law and Peace between the Nations: The Contribution of the Baha'i Faith ; A Voyage in God's Canoe: Law and Religion in Melanesia ; Christian Perspectives on the Law: What Makes them Distinctive? ; Radical Change in the Legal Regulation of Religious Affairs as Exemplified by Post-Communist Poland

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.10.2001
Reihe/Serie	Current Legal Issues ; 4
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	166 x 243 mm
Gewicht	1009 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht
ISBN-10	0-19-924660-2 / 0199246602
ISBN-13	978-0-19-924660-1 / 9780199246601
Zustand	Neuware