BOOK : Philippe COURSIER, Alain GARAY, Les organisations religieuses face au droit, (Cerf, 2022), ISBN : 978-2-2041-4823-8, pp.269, 24€

 

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A propos de l'ouvrage : 

A l'heure où l'étendard de la laïcité est brandi de toutes parts, où l'on s'interroge sur la compatibilité de l'islam avec la République et où la question de la croyance alimente les débats politiques, les organisations religieuses se retrouvent, quant à elles, souvent démunies face à des règles juridiques, sociales et fiscales complexes et méconnues de l'opinion. Structures, patrimoines, activités, personnels, protection sociale, aspects financiers et fiscaux, droit du travail, limites réglementaires, espace public et paix civile : dans cet ouvrage aussi limpide que rigoureux, Alain Garay et Philippe Coursier apportent des réponses concrètes à toutes les questions qui se posent.

Un traité unique, d'une vive actualité, indispensable.

A propos des auteurs :

Alain GARAY est avocat à la cour de Paris, expert sur la liberté de religion, il enseigne le droit des cultes à l’Institut catholique de Paris.

Philippe COURSIER est maître de conférences à l’université de Paris, spécialiste du droit du travail et de la protection sociale.

BOOK: Nathan C. WALKER, The First Amendment and State Bans on Teachers’ Religious Garb : Analyzing the Historic Origins of Contemporary Legal Challenges in the United States. (London: Routledge, 2019). ISBN 9780367188306, £115.00

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Routledge has published a book on the history of laws and debates surrounding teachers’ religious garb in the United States.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.S. public schools, this book provides comprehensive documentation and analysis of the historical origins and subsequent development of teachers’ religious garb in relation to contemporary legal challenges within the United Nations and the European Union.

By identifying and correcting factual errors in the literature about historical bans on teachers’ garb, Walker demonstrates that there are still substantial and unresolved legal questions to the constitutionality of state garb statutes and reflects on how the contemporary conflicts are historically rooted. Showcased through a wealth of laws and case studies, this book is divided into eight clear and concise chapters and answers questions such as: what are anti-religious-garb laws?; how have the state and federal court decisions evolved?; what are the constitutional standards?; what are the establishment clause and free exercise clause arguments?; and how has this impacted current debates on teachers’ religious garb?, before concluding with an informative summary of the points discussed throughout.

The First Amendment and State Bans on Teachers’ Religious Garb is the ideal resource for researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of education, religion, education policy, sociology of education, and law, or those looking to explore an in-depth development of the laws and debates surrounding teachers’ religious garb within the last 125 years.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rev. Dr. Nathan C. Walker is executive director of 1791 Delegates. He has studied law and religion at Harvard and Columbia universities, US.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Glossaries

Preface

Chapter I - The Problem and the Plan

Chapter II - How Did We Get Here

Chapter III - What are the Constitutional Standards?

Chapter IV - How Do We Proceed?

Chapter V - What are the Establishment Clause Arguments?

Chapter VI - What are the Free Exercise Clause Arguments?

Chapter VII - Discussion and Decision

Chapter VIII - What Have We Learned?

Case Abbreviations

Index

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BOOK: "Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power" by Anna Su (2016)

Anna Su, Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power

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Religious freedom is widely recognized today as a basic human right, guaranteed by nearly all national constitutions. Exporting Freedom charts the rise of religious freedom as an ideal firmly enshrined in international law and shows how America’s promotion of the cause of individuals worldwide to freely practice their faith advanced its ascent as a global power. 

Anna Su traces America’s exportation of religious freedom in various laws and policies enacted over the course of the twentieth century, in diverse locations and under a variety of historical circumstances. Influenced by growing religious tolerance at home and inspired by a belief in the United States’ obligation to protect the persecuted beyond its borders, American officials drafted constitutions as part of military occupations—in the Philippines after the Spanish–American War, in Japan following World War II, and in Iraq after 2003. They also spearheaded efforts to reform the international legal order by pursuing Wilsonian principles in the League of Nations, drafting the United Nations Charter, and signing the Helsinki Accords during the Cold War. The fruits of these labors are evident in the religious freedom provisions in international legal instruments, regional human rights conventions, and national constitutions.

In examining the evolution of religious freedom from an expression of the civilizing impulse to the democratization of states and, finally, through the promotion of human rights, Su offers a new understanding of the significance of religion in international relations.

BOOK: "Religion et piété au défi de la guerre de Trente Ans" Bertrand Forclaz et Philippe Martin (dir.) (Rennes, 2015)

Religion et piété au défi de la guerre de Trente Ans

Bertrand Forclaz et Philippe Martin (dir.)

 

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Ce volume étudie comment la guerre de Trente Ans a transformé le rapport des autorités avec le religieux, comment les clercs, plongés dans l’horreur, se sont-ils comportés. Il s’intéresse aussi aux fidèles et interroge la manière dont, immergés dans un monde déstructuré, happés par la violence, ils se sont tournés vers le ciel.

 

Auteurs

• Bertrand Forclaz a étudié l’histoire et les sciences sociales à l’université de Fribourg (Suisse) et à l’EHESS. Il est chargé de cours à l’université de Fribourg (Suisse). Parmi ses domaines de spécialisation : l’histoire sociale de l’Italie centrale, la coexistence confessionnelle aux Pays-Bas au XVIIe  siècle et la guerre de Trente Ans aux frontières du Saint-Empire. 
• Philippe Martin est professeur d’histoire moderne à l’université Lyon 2. Il a travaillé sur les formes extériorisées du religieux (pèlerinage, processions…) puis sur ses manifestations intériorisées (prière, lecture…). Il est directeur de l’ISERL (Institut d’Étude des Religions et de la Laïcité).

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