The Law of Organized Religions: Between Establishment and Secularism
Professor Rivers's purpose is implied in his title: a systematic exposition of the law as it applies to organized religions generally, rather than merely to Christianity in its various manifestations. But as some of the debates around public benefit and the advancement of religion in relation t...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Review |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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A journal of church and state
Ano: 2011, Volume: 53, Número: 2, Páginas: 311-313 |
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| Resumo: | Professor Rivers's purpose is implied in his title: a systematic exposition of the law as it applies to organized religions generally, rather than merely to Christianity in its various manifestations. But as some of the debates around public benefit and the advancement of religion in relation to recent reform of charity law have demonstrated, religion is extraordinarily difficult to define, and Rivers states at the outset that he has not attempted “to defend one global definition of religion for all legal purposes” (p. vii). That said, however, he sets the scene with a brief and extremely penetrating survey of the development of the law relating to church and state from 414, when bishops from Britain attended the Council of Arles, to the present day. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csr038 |