Law as Religion, Religion as Law (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108707923)

The conventional approach to law and religion assumes that these are competing domains, which raises questions about the freedom of, and from, religion; alternate commitments of religion and human rights; and respective jurisdictions of civil and religious courts. This volume moves beyond this competitive paradigm to consider law and religion as overlapping and interrelated frameworks that structure the social order, arguing that law and religion share similar properties and have a symbiotic relationship. Moreover, many legal systems exhibit religious characteristics, informing their notions of authority, precedent, rituals and canonical texts, and most religions invoke legal concepts or terminology. The contributors address this blurring of law and religion in the contexts of political theology, secularism, church-state conflicts, and the foundational idea of divine law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author: David C. Flatto
ISBN-10: 1108707920
ISBN-13: 9781108707923
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2025
Pages: 402
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d