Books in the ICLARS Series on Law and Religion series

This book examines religious illiteracy in Europe. It seeks to understand its effects on the social and political milieu through the framing of historical, institutional, religious, social, juridical and educational conditions within which it arises.

This book presents an analysis of the current controversies relating to freedom for religion and freedom from religion. It looks closely on select issues and contexts to provide detailed snapshots of the ways in which freedom for and from religion are conceptualized, protected, neglected, and negotiated in diverse situations and locations.

This book examines the origins of Australia's constitutional religious freedom provision. It explores the political activities and motives of religious leaders seeking to give the Australian Constitution a religious character and the political activities and motives of a religious minority seeking to prevent it having a religious character.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2015) issued under title: Is Rawlsian libreralism compatible with Islam?: a case study of post-Soeharto Indonesia.

Presents an analysis of controversial events and issues shaping a rapidly changing international legal, political, and social landscape. This collection will be suitable for academics and scholars of law, religious studies, political science, and sociology, as well as policy-makers and legal practitioners.

This book examines major conceptual challenges confronting freedom of religion or belief in contemporary settings. It will be a valuable resource for students, academics, and policy-makers with an interest in law, religion, and human rights.

This collection brings together lawyers and theologians in the U.S. and Europe to reflect on Lutheran understandings of the political use of the law by secular governments. The work discusses the application of Lutheran theological principles to contemporary issues such as Native land rights, property law, family law, medical experimentation, and the criminal law of rape.