Overview
- Identifies current social trends and issues relating to religion and morality
- Analyses emerging case law and traces the origins of current religious issues
- Provides an up-to-date study and comparative analysis of religious discrimination case law in leading common law jurisdictions
- Uses recent Church of England history as a case study of the difficulties faced by religion and religious bodies as they encounter human rights law
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 36)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- Canon Law in Contemporary Human Rights Environment
- Church of England
- Coherence of Christian religions
- Equity, equality and pluralism
- Gay marriage
- History of the Ecclesiastical Courts
- Interaction between religion, charity law and human rights
- International developments in charity law and human rights
- Leadership from religious bodies
- Moral authority of the Church of England
- Principles of canon law, charity law and human rights
- Religion, Charity and the Law
- Religion, charity law and human rights
- Religious belief and human rights
- Religious fundamentalism and discrimination
- Roles of religion and charity in modern society
- Social trends and issues relating to religion and morality
- Stem cell research
About this book
Firstly, it suggests that the Church is the primary source of canon law principles that have played a formative role in shaping civic morality throughout the common law jurisdictions: the history of their emergence and enforcement by the State in post-Reformation England is recorded and assessed. Secondly, it reveals that of such principles those of greatest weight were associated with matters of sexuality: in particular, for centuries, family law was formulated and applied with regard for the sanctity of the heterosexual marital family which provided the only legally permissible context for any form of sexual relationship. Thirdly, given that history, it identifies and assesses the particular implications that now arise for the Church as a consequence of recent charity law reform outcomes and human rights case law developments: a comparative analysis of religion related case law is provided. Finally, following an outline of the structure and organizational functions of the Church, a detailed analysis is undertaken of its success in engaging with these issues in the context of the Lambeth Conferences, the wider Anglican Communion and in the ill-fated Covenant initiative.
From the perspective of the dilemmas currently challenging the moral authority of the Church of England, this book identifies and explores the contemporary ‘moral imperatives’ or red line issues that now threaten the coherence of Christian religions in most leading common law nations. Gay marriage and abortion are among the host of morally charged and deeply divisive topics demanding a reasoned response and leadership from religious bodies. Attention is given to the judicialinterpretation and evaluation of these and other issues that now undermine the traditional role of the Church of England. As the interface between religion, charity law and human rights becomes steadily more fractious, with religious fundamentalism and discrimination acquiring a higher profile, there is now a pressing need for a more balanced relationship between those with and those without religious beliefs.
This book will be an invaluable aid in starting the process of achieving a triangulated relationship between the principles of canon law, charity law and human rights law.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Church of England - Charity Law and Human Rights
Authors: Kerry O'Halloran
Series Title: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04319-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04318-0Published: 17 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35060-8Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04319-7Published: 30 January 2014
Series ISSN: 1534-6781
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9902
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 241
Topics: Public Law, Religious Studies, general, Social Policy, Human Rights