Religious Diversity, State, and Law

Joseph Marko, Dr. juris, Mag.phil. (1977), University of Graz, is Professor emeritus of Public Law and Political Sciences at that university. He has published monographs, edited volumes and more than 120 articles on comparative constitutional law and politics, nationalism, power-sharing and minority protection, recently Human and Minority Rights Protection by Multiple Diversity Governance. History, Law, Ideology and Politics in European Perspective (Routledge, 2019, co-edited with S. Constantin).Maximilian Lakitsch, Ph.D. (1982), University of Graz, is Lecturer at the Institute of the Foundations of Law (Department of Global Governance). He has published monographs and articles on the issues of authority, legitimacy, religion, and violence in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies.Wolfgang Weirer, Dr. theol. (1993), University of Graz, Associate Professor for Religious Education at the University of Graz. His most important publications deal with the topic of "Interreligious Education" and the further development of RE in Austria.Franz Winter, DDr. (1999 and 2005), is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Graz. He has published monographs, edited volumes, and articles on the entangled religious history of Asia and Europe from antiquity to modernity, including the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements (edited together with Lukas Pokorny; Brill, 2018).Kerstin Wonisch, Ph.D. (2022), University of Graz, is researcher at Eurac Research Bolzano and holds a background in law (Mag.jur. 2015) and religious studies (MA 2017). Her research focuses on the governance of religious diversity, as well as on religion and gender. She has published several edited volumes and scholarly articles on these topics in international journals.

• 1 Introduction: State, Law, and Religious DiversityJoseph Marko, Maximilian Lakitsch, Wolfgang Weirer, Franz Winter and Kerstin WonischPart 1Religion, State, Law, and Secularism2 Human Rights and the Osmosis between Secular and Religious Legal Systems The Post-modern European Right to Freedom of Religion through the Prism of the Islamic VeilAlessandro Ferrari3 Protection or Persecution? The State, the Law, and Minority ReligionEileen Barker4 Historicizing the Secularization Debate A Helpful Illustration from Bosnia and HerzegovinaDino Abazović5 Russian Conservatism and Human Rights in EuropeMikhail Antonov6 Multiculturalizing SecularismTariq ModoodPart 2Islamic Concepts of Law and Politics7 Beyond the State Law Versus God’s Law Dilemma: A Genealogical Approach to Islamic Concepts of Law, Politics, and SovereigntyJocelyne Cesari8 Religious Diversity, Secularisms, and Ideologies Comparing Western and Muslim CountriesAhmet T. Kuru9 Is a Comparative History of Western and Islamic Political Thought Possible?Joseph MarkoPart 3The Varieties of Religious Fundamentalisms10 Islamic Fundamentalism: Beyond Islamism, Extremism, and Political IslamRüdiger Lohlker11 Fundamentalisms Old and New? Intra-religious Developments and Inter-denominational Alliances in the New Christian Right in AustriaKatharina Limacher12 The Varieties of Fundamentalism: A Comparative Approach to the Use of a Very Popular Term with a Buddhist Side-StepFranz WinterPart 4Gender and Religion13 Religion, Gender, and Law: A Tense RelationshipKerstin Wonisch14 Critical Reflections on the Androcentrism of Religious Norms: The Heteronomy of the Female BodyDana El-Omari15 Canon and Tradition in Transition: The Case of Gender in IsraelHenriette Dahan KalevPart 5Religion and Education16 Religion, Human Rights and Education in Pluralistic Societies Re-visiting John Rawls and Jürgen HabermasManfred L. Pirner17 The Question of Truth within the Context of (Religious) Plurality A Challenge for Religious EducationAndrea Lehner-Hartmann18 Pluralistic Society as a Challenge for Islamic Education An Example from AustriaZerkirija Sejdini19 Religious Education in a Pluralistic Society Opportunities, Challenges, and Legal ConclusionsWolfgang WeirerPart 6Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding20 Reconsidering the Transnational Dimension of Religion and ConflictMaximilian Lakitsch21 Interreligious Dialogue in a Pandemic Reality Between Priority and LuxuryMohammed Abu-Nimer22 Religious Perspectives and their Relevance for Peace: A Few Concluding Remarks on Interreligious DialogueMaximilian Lakitsch and Franz WinterIndex