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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.

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Author:   Md. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan ,  Ann Black
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9789004449954

ISBN 10:   9004449957
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   01 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 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

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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).

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