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Conscience and equality : negotiating emerging tensions / Russell Sandberg -- The right to religion : considerations of the principal International and European juridical instruments / Nicolae V. Dur -- Freedom of religion : Strasbourg and Luxembourg compared / Mark Hill QC -- State neutrality, religion, and the workplace in the recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights / María J. Valero Estarellas -- Religious freedom, anti-discrimination, and minority rights in Brazil / Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves -- Anti-discrimination legislation and regulation of employment decisions of religious schools in Australia / Greg Walsh -- Same-sex marriage : exemptions for celebrants and religious freedom / Rex Ahdar -- Marriages, civil unions, partnerships, and religion in South Africa after 1996 / Pieter Coertzen -- A fissure within the human rights system? : same-sex marriage claims and religious freedom of speech / Ursula C. Basset -- A 'Bare . . . purpose to harm'? Marriage and Catholic conscience / Helen M. Alvaré -- Protecting same-sex marriage and religious liberty / Thomas C. Berg and Douglas Laycock -- Religion and equality : reconcilable differences? / W. Cole Durham, Jr

Der Autor gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die in Afrika ursprünglich vorherrschenden Religionen und ihre derzeitige Bedeutung. Er macht deutlich, dass die (in ihrer Mehrzahl monotheistischen) Religionen alle Bereiche der Kultur durchdringen und sich in Sitten und Gebräuchen, in der Kunst und in Symbolen, in Musik und Tanz, in Sprichwörtern, in Mythen und Legenden und in anderen Bereichen des täglichen Lebens manifestieren. Der größere Teil des Buches befasst sich mit religiösen Inhalten und religiöser Praxis: der Glauben an Gott, Geister, die Bedeutung von Geburt, Jugend, Heirat und Familie, die Bedeutung des Todes, von Ritualen und religiösen Objekten; er erklärt die Bedeutung von Magie, traditioneller Medizin und Moral. In einem eigenen Kapitel thematisiert der Autor das Aufeinandertreffen von afrikanischen Religionen und Islam bzw. Christentum. (DÜI-Sbd)

"The publications of the interdisciplinary and internationally networked Research Platform "World Order – Religion – Violence" seek to improve our understanding of the relationship between religion, politics and violence. It therefore deals especially with the return of religious themes and symbols into politics, with the analysis of the link between political theory and religion, and finally with the critical discussion of the secularization thesis. At the centre of the research are questions concerning the causes of violent conflict, the possibilities for a just world order and the conditions for peaceful coexistence on a local, regional, national and international/worldwide scale between communities in the face of divergent religious and ideological convictions. Its task is to initiate and coordinate thematically related research-efforts from various disciplinary backgrounds at the University of Innsbruck. It creates a network between departments, research-teams and single researchers working on topics of religion, politics and violence. The overall aim of the research platform World Order-Religion-Violence is to promote excellence in social and human science research on religion and politics at the University of Innsbruck and to guarantee the diffusion of this particular competence on a national and international level."

Incorporating philosophical, legal, historical, political, and sociological perspectives, this collection identifies the connections between religion and the state that are compatible with the liberal, republican, and democratic principles of constitutional democracy and assesses the success of their implementation in the birthplace of political secularism: the United States and Western Europe.

This article seeks to describe & analyze the place of religion in contemporary Europe through a comparison with the religious situation in the United States. Given their common grounding in Judeo-Christian traditions, such a comparison is both interesting & revealing. The article focuses on three important & loosely related dimensions of religious experience: the extent & nature of institutional belonging; the extent & nature of spirituality amongst church members; & the extent & nature of religious belief. The article then discusses one possible product of such features -- the extent to which churches command an authoritative voice in the public square. The analysis reveals a consistent pattern in all four areas: generally speaking, the United States has a significantly more "religious" culture than Europe with more robust religious institutions & a more accepted voice in public affairs. Some possible reasons for this difference are then briefly explored. 23 References. Adapted from the source document.