Belief, Law and Politics

Contents: Foreword. Part I The RELIGARE Project and Final Report: Introduction; Religion in the context of the European Union: engaging the interplay between religious diversity and secular models, Marie-Claire Foblets and Katayoun Alidadi. Part II Responses to the RELIGARE Report: Section 1 Religious Freedom in Europe: The Intricacies of Equal Treatment Policies: Freedom of religion or belief - anachronistic in Europe?, Heiner Bielefeldt; Proceeding from combat to concept in religious freedom and equality policies in Europe, Michael Germann; The right to religious freedom - a modern pattern of differentiation and its development, Matthias Koenig; It's all about relationships, Jane Mair; Religious freedom and accommodation in the United Kingdom, Maleiha Malik; Religion, law and state in contemporary Europe: key trends and dilemmas, Ronan McCrea; Religious diversity and EU action: the overwhelming impact of subsidiarity on legislative instruments, Juana M. Astigarraga Zulaica and Eduardo J. Ruiz-Vieytez; The what, the why and the how, Russell Sandberg; Freedom of thought, conscience and religion: a policy priority for the Council of Europe, Stephanos Stavros; The relationship between religious diversity and secular models: an equality-based perspective, Lucy Vickers. Section 2 On the Reasonable Accommodation Debate: Reflections on the recognition of a right to reasonable accommodation in EU law, Frederique Ast; The reasonable accommodation of conservative religious beliefs and the protection of LGBT rights at the workplace, Peter Cumper; The effective protection of the freedom of religion, the ECtHR's variable margin of appreciation regarding 'religion-state relations' and the rule of law, Kristin Henrard; Religious accommodation and inclusive even-handedness, Cecile Laborde; Reasonable accommodation for religion and belief: can it be accommodated in EU law without an express duty?, Andreas Stein. Section 3 Seeing Religious Diversity in Context: Seeking soft measures: complementing law and policy as a strategy for responding to diversity, Lori G. Beaman; Traditional African religions: culture or religion?, Tom Bennett; Notes towards connecting the disconnect: the role of the religion-national identity link, Effie Fokas; The 'inclusive state neutrality' normative paradigm, Eugenia Relano Pastor; RELIGARE: reflections on research and policy recommendations, Adam B Seligman; RELIGARE - the central conflict, Lorenzo Zucca. Section 4 Religious and Philosophical Diversity and Secularism: Questioning Normativity: Religion in the European Union: comments on the RELIGARE project, Christian Joppke; Critical remarks on the pro-religion apriority of the RELIGARE project, Patrick Loobuyck; RELIGARE, believers and non-believers. But where is the citizen?, Koen Lemmens; An ill-disguised defence of religious privilege, David Pollock. Section 5 Recent Developments: Coherence (and consistency) or organised hypocrisy? Religious freedom in the law of the European Union, Pasquale Annicchino; Improving justice in the 'burqa ban' debates: group vulnerability and procedural justice, Eva Brems, Saila Ouald Chaib and Lourdes Peroni; Recent developments in relation to the RELIGARE project report, Eric Roux. Index.