Law and Religion, An Overview

Silvio Ferrari is Professor of Law and Religion, University of Milan and Honorary President of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Italy. Rinaldo Cristofori currently holds a Post Doc position at the University of Milan, Italy and is working on his monograph at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, USA.

• Contents: Introduction, Silvio Ferrari: Part I Law and Religion in the West: Origins: The Gregorian Revolution:The origin of the western legal tradition in the Papal revolution, Harold J. Berman; The Protestant Revolution: Introduction and Concluding Reflections, John Witte Jr; The American and French Revolutions: Religion during the American Revolution and the early Republic, Carl H. Esbeck; The breach , René Remond. Part II Law and Religion in the West: Modern Transformations: The Liberal State: On liberalism, Owen Chadwick; From the Liberal State to the Welfare State: Separation of Church and State in contemporary European society, Silvio Ferrari; The Communist Regimes: Eastern Christianity and the Cold War: an overview, Lucian N. Leustean; The Age of Democracies: Religious changes, Samuel P. Huntington; Religion in a Plural and Global World: Religion challenging the myth of secular democracy, José Casanova. Part III States and Religions: Law and Religion in Western Europe: A framework for the comparative analysis of Church-State relations in Europe, John T.S. Madeley; Towards a ’common law’ on religion in the European Union, Norman Doe; Law and Religion in Eastern Euriope: A comparative analysis on Church-State relations in Eastern Orthodoxy: concepts, models and principles, Daniela Kalkandjieva; Law and Religion in Scandinavian Countries: Not even believing in belonging: states and churches in five North-European (post-)Lutheran countries, Lisbet Christoffersen; Law and Religion in the United States: Church and State in the United States: competing conceptions and historic changes, Douglas Laycock; Law and Religion in India: Religion, law and judiciary in modern India, Tahir Mahmood; Law and Religion in Israel: Law and religion under the status quo model: between past compromises and constant change, Daphne Barak-Erez; Law and Religion in Turkey: The protection of laicism in Turkey and the Turkish Constitutional Court: the example of the prohibition on th