Die Entwicklung des Verhältnisses des Bahá’í-Rechts zum säkularen deutschen Recht: Eine Untersuchung zum Umgang mit Rechtskollisionen
Bahá’í law differentiates between a secular and a sacred legal sphere, intertwining both by positing a religious duty for its adherents to abide by secular (state) law. In Germany, it encounters a secular legal framework that aims at something similar - creating an equilibrium between state law and...
Subtitles: | Themenheft: Die Bahá’í-Religion |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | German |
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Brill
[2020]
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In: |
Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
Year: 2020, Volume: 72, Issue: 3, Pages: 286-310 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Germany
/ Law
/ Baha'i faith
/ Religion
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements BJ Islam KBB German language area XA Law |
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Summary: | Bahá’í law differentiates between a secular and a sacred legal sphere, intertwining both by positing a religious duty for its adherents to abide by secular (state) law. In Germany, it encounters a secular legal framework that aims at something similar - creating an equilibrium between state law and religious law by establishing the principle of the division of State and Religion, while at the same time facilitating religious freedom; it provides a secular justification for the recognition of religious law. With this, both orders provide mechanisms ensuring that state law and religious law are able to enforce their own claim of validity, while at the same time avoiding conflicts between the respective legal orders. The article argues that this unique interaction between Bahá’í law and the German constitutional law framework impacted both legal orders. For German law, on the one hand, it proved to be crucial for the development and opening of this legal field - whose original purpose was the regulation of the relationship between the state and the (two) Christian churches - for other religious traditions. The interaction with state law has impacted the Bahá’í Community of Germany, on the other hand, by catalyzing a number of developments that in other comparative law contexts have been dubbed “constitutionalization” effects. |
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ISSN: | 1570-0739 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700739-07203005 |