RT Book
T1 Religious freedom and the German circumcision debate
T2 RSCAS working papers
JF EUI working paper / RSC
A1 Heimbach-Steins, Marianne 1959-
LA English
PP San Domenico
PB European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Religiowest
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/165293376X
AB In May 2012, a German court in Cologne ruled that circumcising young boys represents grievous bodily harm. This decision, which touched upon the questions of freedom of religious practice, identity and children’s rights, was condemned by Jewish and Muslim representatives in Germany, but it was also widely and controversially debated by civil society and politicians. The German Parliament recently passed legislation protecting circumcision as a religious practice, but the debate is likely to continue. In this paper, Marianne Heimbach-Steins, director of the department of Christian Social Ethics at the University of Münster (Germany), discuss this case and its implications for the definition of religious freedom.
NO Bibliography: Seite 15-16
K1 Circumcision
K1 Islam
K1 Judaism
K1 Human Rights
K1 Religious Freedom
K1 Germany