Religion and Constitutionalism: Oscillations Along a Continuum
This review article analyses three books published between 2010 and 2013 and explores the ways in which a nation, secular or otherwise, can deal with religion within its borders, both legally and socially. For many nations, this means employing a foundational document or text, usually a constitution...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Review |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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[2015]
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Journal of religious history
Ano: 2015, Volume: 39, Número: 1, Páginas: 123-146 |
| Resenha de: | No establishment of religion (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012) (Babie, Paul)
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| Resumo: | This review article analyses three books published between 2010 and 2013 and explores the ways in which a nation, secular or otherwise, can deal with religion within its borders, both legally and socially. For many nations, this means employing a foundational document or text, usually a constitution, to exclude religion from, neutrally to structure its participation in, or actively to promote a particular type of it in the public arena. The article develops two primary themes. First, using Ran Hirschl's work, it reveals a continuum of approaches to the constitutional treatment of religion; yet, in plotting those points along the continuum, what one finds is far from precision placement; rather, there is oscillation around several points. Second, in considering specific constitutions, it becomes apparent that the more difficult or ambiguous it is to modify or amend a formal text, the greater the importance assumed by judicially developed interpretative techniques. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9809 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12225 |