Religious Diversity, State, and Law

Joseph Marko, Dr. juris, Mag.phil. (1977), University of Graz, is Professor emeritus of Public Law and Political Sciences at that university. He has published monographs, edited volumes and more than 120 articles on comparative constitutional law and politics, nationalism, power-sharing and minority protection, recently Human and Minority Rights Protection by Multiple Diversity Governance. History, Law, Ideology and Politics in European Perspective (Routledge, 2019, co-edited with S. Constantin). Maximilian Lakitsch, Ph.D. (1982), University of Graz, is Lecturer at the Institute of the Foundations of Law (Department of Global Governance). He has published monographs and articles on the issues of authority, legitimacy, religion, and violence in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies. Wolfgang Weirer, Dr. theol. (1993), University of Graz, Associate Professor for Religious Education at the University of Graz. His most important publications deal with the topic of "Interreligious Education" and the further development of RE in Austria. Franz Winter, DDr. (1999 and 2005), is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Graz. He has published monographs, edited volumes, and articles on the entangled religious history of Asia and Europe from antiquity to modernity, including the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements (edited together with Lukas Pokorny; Brill, 2018). Kerstin Wonisch, Ph.D. (2022), University of Graz, is researcher at Eurac Research Bolzano and holds a background in law (Mag.jur. 2015) and religious studies (MA 2017). Her research focuses on the governance of religious diversity, as well as on religion and gender. She has published several edited volumes and scholarly articles on these topics in international journals.

1 Introduction: State, Law, and Religious Diversity

  Joseph Marko, Maximilian Lakitsch, Wolfgang Weirer, Franz Winter and Kerstin Wonisch



Part 1

Religion, State, Law, and Secularism

2 Human Rights and the Osmosis between Secular and Religious Legal Systems The Post-modern European Right to Freedom of Religion through the Prism of the Islamic Veil

  Alessandro Ferrari



3 Protection or Persecution? The State, the Law, and Minority Religion

  Eileen Barker



4 Historicizing the Secularization Debate A Helpful Illustration from Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Dino Abazović



5 Russian Conservatism and Human Rights in Europe

  Mikhail Antonov



6 Multiculturalizing Secularism

  Tariq Modood



Part 2

Islamic Concepts of Law and Politics

7 Beyond the State Law Versus God’s Law Dilemma: A Genealogical Approach to Islamic Concepts of Law, Politics, and Sovereignty

  Jocelyne Cesari



8 Religious Diversity, Secularisms, and Ideologies Comparing Western and Muslim Countries

  Ahmet T. Kuru



9 Is a Comparative History of Western and Islamic Political Thought Possible?

  Joseph Marko



Part 3

The Varieties of Religious Fundamentalisms

10 Islamic Fundamentalism: Beyond Islamism, Extremism, and Political Islam

  Rüdiger Lohlker



11 Fundamentalisms Old and New? Intra-religious Developments and Inter-denominational Alliances in the New Christian Right in Austria

  Katharina Limacher



12 The Varieties of Fundamentalism: A Comparative Approach to the Use of a Very Popular Term with a Buddhist Side-Step

  Franz Winter



Part 4

Gender and Religion

13 Religion, Gender, and Law: A Tense Relationship

  Kerstin Wonisch



14 Critical Reflections on the Androcentrism of Religious Norms: The Heteronomy of the Female Body

  Dana El-Omari



15 Canon and Tradition in Transition: The Case of Gender in Israel

  Henriette Dahan Kalev



Part 5

Religion and Education

16 Religion, Human Rights and Education in Pluralistic Societies Re-visiting John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas

  Manfred L. Pirner



17 The Question of Truth within the Context of (Religious) Plurality A Challenge for Religious Education

  Andrea Lehner-Hartmann



18 Pluralistic Society as a Challenge for Islamic Education An Example from Austria

  Zerkirija Sejdini



19 Religious Education in a Pluralistic Society Opportunities, Challenges, and Legal Conclusions

  Wolfgang Weirer



Part 6

Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding

20 Reconsidering the Transnational Dimension of Religion and Conflict

  Maximilian Lakitsch



21 Interreligious Dialogue in a Pandemic Reality Between Priority and Luxury

  Mohammed Abu-Nimer



22 Religious Perspectives and their Relevance for Peace: A Few Concluding Remarks on Interreligious Dialogue

  Maximilian Lakitsch and Franz Winter



Index