Constitutionalism and Religion

Constitutionalism and Religion
Author: Francois Venter
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2015-10-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1785361627

This topical book examines how the goals of constitutionalism – good and fair government – are addressed at a time when the multi-religious composition of countries’ populations has never before been so pronounced. How should governments, courts and officials deal with this diversity? The widely accepted principle of treating others as you wish them to treat you and the universal recognition of human dignity speak against preferential treatment of any religion. Faced with severe challenges, this leads many authorities to seek refuge in secular neutrality. Set against the backdrop of globalized constitutionalism in a post-secular era, Francois Venter proposes engaged objectivity as an alternative to unachievable neutrality. Bringing together the history of church and state, the emergence of contemporary constitutionalism, constitutional comparison and the realities of globalization, this book offers a fresh perspective on the direction in which solutions to difficulties brought about by religious pluralism might be sought. Its wide-ranging comparative analyses and perspectives based on materials published in various languages provide a clear exposition of the range of religious issues with which the contemporary state is increasingly being confronted. Providing a compact but thorough historical and theoretical exposition, this book is an invaluable resource for students, constitutional scholars, judges and legal practitioners.

The Notion of "religion" in Comparative Research

The Notion of
Author: Ugo Bianchi
Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Total Pages: 980
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788870628524

Nel 1990 si tenne a Roma il XVI Congresso del I.A.H.R. che ebbe come tema la nozione di "religione". Venne particolarmente analizzato l'uso di tale termine da parte degli studiosi di lingua europea nei rapporti con le culture non europee e viceversa.

סובלנות דתית: חזון

סובלנות דתית: חזון
Author: Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Salmi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Christianity and other religions
ISBN: 9783487085647

Die Welt ist aus den Fugen - die religiösen Konflikte werden zunehmend zu einer Bedrohung. Zwischen den westlichen Gesellschaften, in denen Religion zur Privatangelegenheit geworden ist, und den religiös geprägten Gesellschaften insbesondere der islamischen Welt wachsen Misstrauen und Angst, oft befeuert von religiösen Fanatikern. Dieser Entwicklung tritt Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmi mit Nachdruck entgegen. Als Religionsminister von Oman ist er mit den religiösen Angelegenheiten des ebenso traditionsverbundenen wie weltoffenen Sultanats betraut und gleichzeitig auf dem internationalen diplomatischen Parkett zu Hause. In seinen Reden vor Institutionen auf vier Kontinenten stellt Shaikh al Salmi unermüdlich seine Vision einer neuen Welt vor, in der Religion nicht mehr für Krieg und Unterdrückung missbraucht wird. Dabei stützt er sich auf den Koran, den jüdischen Gelehrten Ibn Kammuna, den Dalai Lama oder den katholischen Theologen Hans Küng, der dank Shaikh Abdullahs Initiative in der großen Moschee in Muscat Vorträge halten konnte, wie der Shaikh selbst im Dom zu Aachen. Nach seinem Verständnis ruhen alle Religionen auf einem gemeinsamen Fundament von Werten wie Freiheit, Gleichheit und Toleranz, kurz: auf Menschlichkeit. Hier liegt die Chance der Religionen für die Menschheit. Die sieben in diesem Band enthaltenen Reden Shaik Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmis beweisen die Kontinuität seines kritischen Denkens und seines Versuchs, die Verständigung zwischen den Menschen und insbesondere den Glauben an Gottes Willen zu stärken - einen Willen, der Fortschritt und Wohlergehen für die gesamte Menschheit wünscht. Al Salmi rückt den friedliebenden Geist des Islam gegenüber Juden- und Christentum sowie den anderen Religionen und Kulturen der Welt wieder in den Mittelpunkt und findet mutige und klare Worte zur Rolle von Politik und Religion im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. Shaik al Salmis Argumentation ist geprägt von seiner persönlichen Sicht auf Vergangenheit und Zukunft. Kenntnisreich hinterfragt er die religiösen und politischen Stereotype der islamischen Welt sowie ihre Beziehungen zum Westen. Sein Engagement für religiöse Toleranz und gegenseitiges Verständnis ist ein Vorbild in einer Zeit, in der die Menschheit positive Beispiele dringender braucht denn je. *************** The world is out of joint - religious conflicts are increasingly becoming a threat. Suspicion and fear, often fuelled by religious fanatics, are growing between the western world, where religion has become a matter of individual choice, and societies, particularly in the Islamic world, which are more inherently religious. Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmi counters this development decisively. As Minister for Religion in Oman he is familiar with the religious affairs of the traditional yet cosmopolitan Sultanate, and is at home in the world of international diplomacy. In his speeches to institutions on four continents Shaikh al Salmi tirelessly promotes his vision of a new world in which religion is no longer misused for war and oppression. He bases his arguments on the Koran, the Jewish scholar Ibn Kammuna, the Dalai Lama or the Catholic theologian Hans Küng, who, thanks to Shaikh Abdullah's initiative, was able to lecture in the Grand Mosque in Muscat as the Shaikh himself did in Aachen Cathedral. According to his understanding, all religions are based on a common foundation of values such as freedom, equality and tolerance, in short: on humanity. This is the chance that religion offers to mankind. The seven addresses by Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmi contained in this volume illustrate the continuity of his critical thinking and of his attempts to strengthen both understanding between peoples and in particular the belief in God's will - a will that desires progress and wellbeing for all humanity. Al Salmi brings back into focus Islam's peace-loving spirit towards Judaism and Christianity and towards the other religions and cultures o

Religion in the Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis of German, Israeli, American and International Law

Religion in the Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis of German, Israeli, American and International Law
Author: Winfried Brugger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2007-06-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3540733558

How closely connected should church and state be? May a state endorse the role and meaning of religion at all? Can it treat distinct religious groups differently? This book addresses these questions and more through a portrayal and comparison of the legal systems of Germany, Israel, France, and the United States. This thought-provoking book brings the often opposing demands of religious and secular freedoms into clear focus.

Author:
Publisher: Brill Archive
Total Pages: 386
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

Anglo-German Linguistic Relations

Anglo-German Linguistic Relations
Author: Falco Pfalzgraf
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2008
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9783039116560

This is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Anglo-German Linguistic Relations», held at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2007. The papers cover a wide variety of topics about the relationship between the English and German languages or relate to cultural and literary contacts between English-speaking and German-speaking regions. Individual papers discuss Anglo-German linguistic interplay and affinities both as contemporary phenomena and from a historical perspective. Themes include codification, translation and discourse production from the 17th century to the Second World War; shared metaphors in English and German; political propaganda in English and German; and authorial positioning and perspective in a selection of autobiographical and literary works.

Religious apologetics - philosophical argumentation

Religious apologetics - philosophical argumentation
Author: Yossef Schwartz
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2004
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9783161483103

"The dialog between the religions and various cultures has shown their common ground and emphasized the differences which characterize the individual religion or cultural identity. This volume shows how the boundaries between the talk of apologetics and philosophical argumentation fade and it combines historical and contemporary case studies from Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Contents include: On the Conditions for Systematic Theology in a Global Public, In the Name of the One and of the Many: Augustine and the Shaping of Christian Identity, An Apology for Mr. Toland in a Letter to Himself, Autobiography as Self Apology. From Deism through Transcendentalism to Atheism: Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Adams, On Theologization of Kabbalah in Modern Scholarship, Leo Strauss' Rediscovery of the Exoteric, A Philosophical Myth in the Service of Christian Apologetics? Manichees and Origenists in the Sixth Century, Critique of Sculptures: Polemics of al-Jahiz and Ibn Hazm against Christianity and Judaism, Reason and Faith: Inter-religious Polemic and Christian Identity in the 13th Century, Self-Definition, Apology, and the Jew Moses Maimonides: Thomas Aquinas, Raymundus Martini, Meister Eckhart, Nicholas of Lyra, Choices for Changing Frontiers: The Apologetics of Philio of Alexandria, The Two Sons of the One Father: The Salvation-Historical Interpretation of Luke 15:11-32."

Rooted in Hope: China – Religion – Christianity Vol 1

Rooted in Hope: China – Religion – Christianity Vol 1
Author: Barbara Hoster
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 889
Release: 2017-04-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1351672770

This Festschrift is dedicated to the former Director and Editor-in-chief of the Monumenta Serica Institute in Sankt Augustin (Germany), Roman Malek, S.V.D. in recognition of his scholarly commitment to China. The two-volume work contains 40 articles by his academic colleagues, companions in faith, confreres, as well as by the staff of the Monumenta Serica Institute and the China-Zentrum e.V. (China Center). The contributions in English, German and Chinese pay homage to the jubilarian’s diverse research interests, covering the fields of Chinese Intellectual History, History of Christianity in China, Christianity in China Today, Other Religions in China, Chinese Language and Literature as well as the Encounter of Cultures.

Critical Terms for Religious Studies

Critical Terms for Religious Studies
Author: Mark C. Taylor
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2013-07-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0226791734

A century that began with modernism sweeping across Europe is ending with a remarkable resurgence of religious beliefs and practices throughout the world. Wherever one looks today, from headlines about political turmoil in the Middle East to pop music and videos, one cannot escape the pivotal role of religious beliefs and practices in shaping selves, societies, and cultures. Following in the very successful tradition of Critical Terms for Literary Studies and Critical Terms for Art History, this book attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which this bewildering religious diversity can be accurately described and responsibly discussed. Leading scholars working in a variety of traditions demonstrate through their incisive discussions that even our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but carry specific historical and conceptual freight. These essays adopt the approach that has won this book's predecessors such widespread acclaim: each provides a concise history of a critical term, explores the issues raised by the term, and puts the term to use in an analysis of a religious work, practice, or event. Moving across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Native American and Mayan religions, contributors explore terms ranging from experience, territory, and image, to God, sacrifice, and transgression. The result is an essential reference that will reshape the field of religious studies and transform the way in which religion is understood by scholars from all disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, gender studies, and literary studies.

Models of Religious Freedom

Models of Religious Freedom
Author: Marcel Stüssi
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3643801181

In this thesis, the US, Swiss, and Syrian models of religious freedom are illustrated in legal settings. The Analytical Representation comprises more than statements of positive law or mechanical comparison. Each chapter is introduced by thought-forms predominant in the respective legal culture. The objective of the Methodological Representation is to investigate the logic and legitimate pattern by which the US and Swiss judiciary come to the conclusion that an alleged interference is covered under the right to religious freedom. The last dimension, which is the Eclectic Representation, pursues a dual aim. Firstly, the idea is to develop an actual guideline of religious freedom rules, and secondly, to evaluate how much religious freedom is internalized in the US, Swiss, and Syrian legal systems. Dissertation. (Series: ReligionsRecht im Dialog - Vol. 12)