Constitutions and Religion

Edited by Susanna Mancini, Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna, Italy

‘Mancini’s compilation and encapsulation of different religions and their relation to a nation’s constitution, including supranational constitutionalism, should capture the wide attention of students, human rights activists, judges, practitioners, and researchers as it contributes to the contemporary debate on the role of religion in politics.’

• Contents:1 Introduction: constitutionalism and religion in an age of consolidationand turmoil 1Susanna ManciniPART I HISTORY, CONCEPTS, THEORIES2 Constitution and secularism: a Western account 21Michel Rosenfeld3 Secularism’s others: the legal regulation of religion and hierarchy ofcitizenship 41Ratna Kapur4 The theoretical framework of modern Islamic constitutionalism 59Andrew F. March5 The modern architecture of religious freedom as a fundamental right 75Peter G. DanchinPART II CONSTITUTIONAL COEXISTENCE: MODELS OFMANAGING RELIGION AND THE STATE6 Constitutional models of law and religion relations in Western Europe 96Silvio Ferrari7 Constitutionalism and religion in common law North America 111Dia Dabby and Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens8 Religious freedom in Latin American constitutions: from freedom fromthe Catholic Church to freedom from “gender ideology” 139Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll9 Constitutions and religion in Africa 157Charles Manga Fombad10 Islam, Sharia and comparative constitutionalism 172Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im11 Managing religion and difference: ancient constitutionalism in theTheravāda Buddhist tradition and the transformative impact of themodernist and post-colonial turn 184Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne12 Constitutionalism and religion in a Jewish and democratic state 208Gila Stopler13 Reforming religion: the Indian Constitution, the courts and Hinduism 222Ronojoy Sen14 Three models of church-state relations in contemporary Russia 237Kristina StoecklPART III THE CONSTITUTION AND POLITICS OF RELIGION15 Religion in constitution-making processes: comparative perspectives 253Francesco Biagi16 Religion and political parties 272Luca OzzanoPART IV RELIGION AND SUPRANATIONAL CONSTITUTIONALISM17 Individual religious freedom under the European Convention of Human Rights 286András Sajó and Renáta Uitz18 Religion in the constitutional order of the European Union 307Ronan McCrea19 Religion and human rights 321Christopher McCruddenPART V CHALLENGES AND CONTROVERSIES20 Gender justice and religious freedom in the post-secular age 347Susanna Mancini and Elena L. Cohen21 Religious conscientious objection: a troubled path 370Isabelle Rorive and Ana Maria Corrêa22 Constitutional law and the integration of Islam in Europe 383Christian Joppke23 Blasphemy, freedom of expression and the role of constitutional rights:the case of Ireland 399Neville Cox24 Pluralism and personal laws in India 415Farrah AhmedIndex 433