Religious Freedom in Secular States A 21st Century Perspective

By and Dr Ann Black, Edited by Dr Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004449957
• ISBN13: 9789004449954
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Length: 314 Pages