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Book SynopsisGlobalisation, migration, and (de-)secularisation have fundamentally transformed the concepts of religion, state, and law during the last decades. The main goal of this interdisciplinary approach is to clarify the multifaceted theoretical and practical challenges of religious diversity and socio-political pluralism in Europe. In twenty-two chapters, the contributions to this volume revisit basic concepts, structures and institutional settings such as sovereignty; the dogma of the separation of state, church and/or religion; human and minority rights; gender and religion; varieties of fundamentalisms; interreligious dialogue and peacebuilding; and, not least, religious education.
Table of Contents1 Introduction: State, Law, and Religious Diversity Joseph Marko, Maximilian Lakitsch, Wolfgang Weirer, Franz Winter and Kerstin Wonisch Part 1 Religion, State, Law, and Secularism 2 Human Rights and the Osmosis between Secular and Religious Legal Systems The Post-modern European Right to Freedom of Religion through the Prism of the Islamic Veil Alessandro Ferrari 3 Protection or Persecution? The State, the Law, and Minority Religion Eileen Barker 4 Historicizing the Secularization Debate A Helpful Illustration from Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Abazović 5 Russian Conservatism and Human Rights in Europe Mikhail Antonov 6 Multiculturalizing Secularism Tariq Modood Part 2 Islamic Concepts of Law and Politics 7 Beyond the State Law Versus God’s Law Dilemma: A Genealogical Approach to Islamic Concepts of Law, Politics, and Sovereignty Jocelyne Cesari 8 Religious Diversity, Secularisms, and Ideologies Comparing Western and Muslim Countries Ahmet T. Kuru 9 Is a Comparative History of Western and Islamic Political Thought Possible? Joseph Marko Part 3 The Varieties of Religious Fundamentalisms 10 Islamic Fundamentalism: Beyond Islamism, Extremism, and Political Islam Rüdiger Lohlker 11 Fundamentalisms Old and New? Intra-religious Developments and Inter-denominational Alliances in the New Christian Right in Austria Katharina Limacher 12 The Varieties of Fundamentalism: A Comparative Approach to the Use of a Very Popular Term with a Buddhist Side-Step Franz Winter Part 4 Gender and Religion 13 Religion, Gender, and Law: A Tense Relationship Kerstin Wonisch 14 Critical Reflections on the Androcentrism of Religious Norms: The Heteronomy of the Female Body Dana El-Omari 15 Canon and Tradition in Transition: The Case of Gender in Israel Henriette Dahan Kalev Part 5 Religion and Education 16 Religion, Human Rights and Education in Pluralistic Societies Re-visiting John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas Manfred L. Pirner 17 The Question of Truth within the Context of (Religious) Plurality A Challenge for Religious Education Andrea Lehner-Hartmann 18 Pluralistic Society as a Challenge for Islamic Education An Example from Austria Zerkirija Sejdini 19 Religious Education in a Pluralistic Society Opportunities, Challenges, and Legal Conclusions Wolfgang Weirer Part 6 Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding 20 Reconsidering the Transnational Dimension of Religion and Conflict Maximilian Lakitsch 21 Interreligious Dialogue in a Pandemic Reality Between Priority and Luxury Mohammed Abu-Nimer 22 Religious Perspectives and their Relevance for Peace: A Few Concluding Remarks on Interreligious Dialogue Maximilian Lakitsch and Franz Winter Index
