Constitutions and religion / edited by Susanna Mancini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mancini, Susanna, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law.

Research handbooks in comparative constitutional law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Religious aspects.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

"Constitutions and Religion is the first major reference work in the emerging field of comparative constitutional law and religion. It offers a nuanced array of perspectives on various models for the treatment of religion in domestic and supranational legal orders. Arranged into five main sections, the Handbook addresses a range of topics through the lens of comparative constitutional law, including history, concepts and theories, models of managing religion, the politics of religion, supranational constitutionalism and challenges and controversies. The contributors take an interdisciplinary approach to survey historical, legal, political and philosophical views of the contemporary multifaceted treatment of religion within the constitutional order. Chapters explore in depth the interplay between domestic, European and international law, the interaction of the traditions of the major religions with the constitutional ordering of religion and the state, as well as the key challenges brought about by the repolitizisation of religion. This innovative Handbook will be a definitive resource for academics and students interested in religious studies, international and European Union law, international relations, comparative constitutionalism, history, legal and political theory and sociology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Susanna Mancini: Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion

Part I: History, concepts, theories

1. Constitution and secularism: A western account / Michel Rosenfeld

2. Secularism's others: The legal regulation of religion and hierarchy of citizenship / Ratna Kapur

3. The theoretical framework of modern Islamic constitutionalism / Andrew F. March

4. The architecture of religious freedom as a fundamental right / Peter G. Danchin

Part II: Constitutional coexistence: Models of managing religion and the state

5. Constitutional patterns of law and religion relations in western Europe / Silvio Ferrari

6. Constitutionalism and religion in common law North America / Dia Dabby and Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

7. Religious freedom in Latin American constitutions: From freedom from the catholic church to freedom from "gender ideology" / Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll

8. Constitutions and religion in Africa / Charles Manga Fombad

9. Islam, sharia and comparative constitutionalism abdullahi ahmed an-na'im

10. Managing religion and difference: Ancient constitutionalism in the theravāda buddhist tradition and the transformative impact of the modernist and post-colonial turn / Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne

11. Constitutionalism and religion in a jewish and democratic state / Gila Stopler

12. Reforming religion: The Indian constitution, the courts and hinduism / Ronojoy Sen

13. Three models of church-state relations in contemporary Russia / Kristina Stoeckl

Part III: The constitution and politics of religion

14. Religion in constitution-making processes: Comparative perspectives / Francesco Biagi

15. Religion and political parties / Luca Ozzano

Part IV: Religion and supranational constitutionalism

16. Individual religious freedom under the European convention of human rights / András Sajó and Renáta Uitz

17. Religion in the European Union / Ronan McCrea

18. Religion and human rights / Christopher McCrudden

Part V: Challenges and controversies

19. Gender justice and religious freedom in the post-secular age / Susanna Mancini and Elena L. Cohen

20. Religious conscientious objection: A troubled path / Isabelle Rorive and Ana Maria Corrêa

21. Constitutional law and Islam integration in Europe / Christian Joppke

22. Blasphemy, freedom of expression and the role of constitutional rights: The case of Ireland / Neville Cox

23. Pluralism and personal laws in India / Farrah Ahmed

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78643-929-8