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Law and Religion


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The practice of religion by individuals and groups, the rise of religious diversity, and the fear of religious extremism, raise profound questions for the interaction between law and religion in society. The regulatory systems involved, the religion laws of secular government (national and international) and the religious laws of faith communities, are valuable tools for our understanding of the dynamics of mutual accommodation and the analysis and resolution of issues in such areas as: religious freedom; discrimination; the autonomy of religious organisations; doctrine, worship and religious symbols; the property and finances of religion; religion, education and public institutions; and religion, marriage and children. In this series, scholars at the forefront of law and religion contribute to the debates in this area. The books in the series are analytical with a key target audience of scholars and practitioners, including lawyers, religious leaders, and others with an interest in this rapidly developing discipline.

Series Editor

Professor Norman Doe is Director of the Centre for Law and Religion, which he set up at Cardiff Law School in 1998.

Editorial Board

Carmen Asiaín is a Law Professor at University of Montevideo (Uruguay).

Paul Babie is Professor and Associate Dean (International), Adelaide Law School. 

Pieter Coertzen is the chairperson of the Unit for the Study of Law and Religion in the Beyers Naudé Center for Public Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch.  

Alison Mawhinney is a Reader in Law at Bangor University.

Michael John Perry is a Senior Fellow at Emory University’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion and has held a Robert W. Woodruff University Chair there since 2003.

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Legal Thought and Eastern Orthodox Christianity The Addresses of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

Legal Thought and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Addresses of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

1st Edition

Edited By Norman Doe, Aetios Nikiforos
November 03, 2023

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, has thought profoundly about the role of law as it applies to the church, to civic life in Europe, to human rights, to religious freedom, and to the environment. In this book, leading scholars across ...

Christianity and the Law of Migration

Christianity and the Law of Migration

1st Edition

Edited By Silas W. Allard, Kristin Heyer, Raj Nadella
May 31, 2023

This collection brings together legal scholars and Christian theologians for an interdisciplinary conversation responding to the challenges of global migration. Gathering 14 leading scholars from both law and Christian theology, the book covers legal perspectives, theological perspectives, ...

Law and the Christian Tradition in Modern Russia

Law and the Christian Tradition in Modern Russia

1st Edition

Edited By Paul Valliere, Randall Poole
May 31, 2023

This book, authored by an international group of scholars, focuses on a vibrant central current within the history of Russian legal thought: how Christianity, and theistic belief generally, has inspired the aspiration to the rule of law in Russia, informed Russian philosophies of law, and shaped ...

Democracy, Religion, and Commerce Private Markets and the Public Regulation of Religion

Democracy, Religion, and Commerce: Private Markets and the Public Regulation of Religion

1st Edition

Edited By Kathleen Flake, Nathan B. Oman
March 13, 2023

This collection considers the relationship between religion, state, and market. In so doing, it also illustrates that the market is a powerful site for the cultural work of secularizing religious conflict. Though expressed as a simile, with religious freedom functioning like market freedom, “free ...

Christianity, Ethics and the Law The Concept of Love in Christian Legal Thought

Christianity, Ethics and the Law: The Concept of Love in Christian Legal Thought

1st Edition

Edited By Zachary R. Calo, Joshua Neoh, A. Keith Thompson
December 30, 2022

This book examines how Christian love can inform legal thought. The work introduces love as a way to advance the emergent conversation between constructive theology and jurisprudence that will also inform conversations in philosophy and political theory. Love is the central category for Christian ...

Law and Christianity in Poland The Legacy of the Great Jurists

Law and Christianity in Poland: The Legacy of the Great Jurists

1st Edition

Edited By Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier, Rafael Domingo
December 29, 2022

This volume is the first comprehensive study of the Polish history of law and Christianity written in English for a global audience. It examines the lives of twenty-one central figures in Polish law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a factor in molding the evolution of law in their ...

Labour Rights and the Catholic Church The International Labour Organisation, the Holy See and Catholic Social Teaching

Labour Rights and the Catholic Church: The International Labour Organisation, the Holy See and Catholic Social Teaching

1st Edition

By Paul Beckett
December 19, 2022

This book explores the extent of parallelism and cross-influence between Catholic Social Teaching and the work of the world’s oldest human rights institution, the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Sometimes there is a mutual attraction between seeming opposites who in fact share a common ...

Law and Christianity in Latin America The Work of Great Jurists

Law and Christianity in Latin America: The Work of Great Jurists

1st Edition

Edited By M.C. Mirow, Rafael Domingo
September 26, 2022

This volume examines the lives of more than thirty-five key personalities in Latin American law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a factor in molding the evolution of law in their countries and the region. The book is a significant contribution to our ability to understand the work and...

Tax Law, Religion, and Justice An Exploration of Theological Reflections on Taxation

Tax Law, Religion, and Justice: An Exploration of Theological Reflections on Taxation

1st Edition

By Allen Calhoun
September 26, 2022

This book asks why tax policy is both attracted to and repelled by the idea of justice. Accepting the invitation of economist Henry Simons to acknowledge that tax justice is a theological concept, the work explores theological doctrines of taxation to answer the presenting question. The overall ...

Christianity and Private Law

Christianity and Private Law

1st Edition

Edited By Robert Cochran, Jr, Michael Moreland
May 30, 2022

This volume examines the relationship between Christian legal theory and the fields of private law. Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in private law theory, and this book contributes to that discussion by drawing on the historical, theological, and philosophical resources of the ...

Law and the Christian Tradition in Italy The Legacy of the Great Jurists

Law and the Christian Tradition in Italy: The Legacy of the Great Jurists

1st Edition

Edited By Orazio Condorelli, Rafael Domingo
May 06, 2022

Firmly rooted on Roman and canon law, Italian legal culture has had an impressive influence on the civil law tradition from the Middle Ages to present day, and it is rightly regarded as "the cradle of the European legal culture." Along with Justinian’s compilation, the US Constitution, and the ...

Church Laws and Ecumenism A New Path for Christian Unity

Church Laws and Ecumenism: A New Path for Christian Unity

1st Edition

Edited By Norman Doe
April 29, 2022

Written by experts from within their communities, this book compares the legal regimes of Christian churches as systems of religious law. The ecumenical movement, with its historical theological focus, has failed to date to address the role of church law in shaping relations between churches and ...

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