Law and religion / edited by Richard O'Dair and Andrew Lewis. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. - xliii, 561 p. ; 25 cm. - Current legal issues ; 2001, v. 4 .

Includes index.

General Editor's Preface. - Notes on Contributors. - Table of Cases Before National and International Courts. - Table of National Legislation. - Table of International Legislation. - Editorial Introduction / Richard O'Dair The Image of God and the Moral Identity of Persons: An Evaluation of the Holistic Theology of Persons / Howard M. Ducharme. - The Divine in the Law / Calum Carmichael. - Giving unto Caesar: Rationality, Reciprocity, and Legal Recognition of Religion / Gary Watt. - Politics and Sociology: New Research Agendas for the Study of Law and Religion / Anthony Bradney. - Law as a Religious Enterprise: Legal Interpretation and Scriptural Interpretation / Steven D. Smith. - Historical Observations on the Relationship between Letter and Spirit / Bernard S. Jackson. - 'Batter my Heart': On the Three-Disciplined Search for Meaning / Jeanne Gaakeer. - Post-Modernism, Hermeneutics, and Authenticity: Interpreting Legal and Theological Texts in the Twenty-First Century / Edward M. Andries. - The 'First Source' of Islamic Law: Muslim Legal Exegesis of the Qur'an / Robert Gleave. - Freedom of Religion as the Fruit of the Radical Reformation / Matthijs de Blois. - The European Court of Human Rights and Religion / Javier Martinez-Torron. - Human Rights, Religious Liberty, and the University Debate / Malcolm D. Evans. - Religious Liberty as a Collective Right / Julian Rivers. - Clashing Rights, Exemptions, and Opt-Outs: Religious Liberty and 'Homophobia' / Ian Leigh. - Religious Group Autonomy, Gay Ordination, and Human Rights Law / Rex J. Ahdar. - Freedom of Religion: Legal Perspectives / Sophie C. van Bijsterveld. - The Public Manifestation of Religion or Belief: Challenges for a Multi-Faith Society in the Twenty-First Century / Peter Cumper. - Professional Ethics and Autonomy: A Theological Critique / Steven H. Resnicoff. - Clergy Privilege and Conscientious Objection to the Privilege / J. David Bleich. - Is the Jewish Get any Business of the State? / Michael Freeman. - The Intersecting Worlds of Religious and Secular Marriage / Perry Dane. - Judicial Approaches to Religious Disputes / Mark Hill. - Justifications for Religious Autonomy / Norman Doe, Anthony Jeremy. - Religious Remnants in the Composition of the United Kingdom Parliament / Peter W. Edge. - Religious Denomination or Public Religion? The Legal Status of the Church of England / Augur Pearce. - Defining the Legal Boundaries of Orthodoxy for Public and Private Religion in England / David Harte. - International Law and Peace between the Nations: The Contribution of the Baha'i Faith / Danesh Sarooshi. - A Voyage in God's Canoe: Law and Religion in Melanesia / Reid Mortensen. - Christian Perspectives on the Law: What Makes them Distinctive? / Paul Beaumont. - Radical Change in the Legal Regulation of Religious Affairs in Post-communist Poland / Piotr Mazurkiewicz. - Index.

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