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Religious Freedom in Secular States
A 21st Century Perspective
Series:
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.
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.
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).
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).
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Editors
Notes on Contributors
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
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
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
This book provides an important contemporary reference for scholars, researchers, teachers, and students of law and religion, and human rights. It will interest political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, theologians, and policymakers worldwide.