Religion in the Public Square - Perspectives on Secularism (Hardcover)

What is the place of religion and religious convictions in government, politics, and in public life - taking into consideration the need to respect the free exercise of religion? In the separation or neutrality paradigm, religious organizations (churches) are expected to stay away from public affairs. But, other models of state neutrality and secularity, rooted in historical struggles and influenced by experiences and mistakes, result in differing forms of cooperation between religious organizations and the state. The contributions in this book examine religion's placement in public life. Contents include: Roads to Constitutional Secularism: The Foundations of a Political-Legal Concept * Religious Fundamentalism as a Challenge to the Constitutional State * The Islamist Shari'atization of Polity and Society: A Source of Intercivilizational Conflict? * Religion in the Public Square: How "Reasonable" Is Accommodation? * Between Aggression and Acceptance: Law, Tolerance, and Religion in Europe * De Facto Secularism in a Diversifying Religious Environment: The Changing Relationship between State and Religion in Europe * The Strasbourg Court on Issues of Religion in the Public Schools System * Russia's "Orthodox" Foreign Policy * Guide to the Perplexed: Navigating through the Labyrinth of Forum Internum and Forum Externum in Canon Law and Public International Law. (Series: Issues in Constitutional Law ICL] - Vol. 8)