Religious Symbols and the Intervention of the Law: Symbolic Functionality in Pluralist States

ISBN-13: 9780367727284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 164 str.

Sylvie Bacquet

Opis

This book analyses the relationship between the state, individuals and religious symbols, considering the three main forms of religious expression, symbols that believers wear on their body, symbols in the public space such as religious edifices and rituals that believers perform as a manifestation of their faith. The book looks comparatively at

Spis treści

 

Foreword by Santiago Canamares

Part I: Religious Symbols in a Socio-Historical Context

1 Introduction

2 A multidisciplinary approach to the definition of religious manifestation

3 Historical origin and significance of religious symbols

4 Religious symbols and identity in contemporary pluralist states

Part II: Religious Symbols and the Law in 21^st Century Pluralist States: country approaches

5 France and Laïcité

6 England and the Established Church

7 The United States and Tolerant Neutrality

Part III: The Future of Religious Symbols and The Law in 21^st Century Pluralist States

8 Accommodation of Minorities and the Limitations of Pluralist States

9 Conclusion

O autorze

Sylvie Bacquet is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Westminster, UK.