Kerry O'Halloran

Religious Discrimination and Cultural Context (eBook, PDF)

A Common Law Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Generations of festering culture wars, compounded by actual wars in predominantly Muslim countries, the terrorism of Isis, and the ongoing migrant crisis have all combined to make religious discrimination the most pressing challenge now facing many governments. For the leading common law nations, with their shared Christian cultural heritage balanced by a growing secularism, the threat presented by this toxic mix has the potential to destabilise civil society. This book suggests that the instances of religious discrimination, as currently legally defined, are constrained by that cultural context, exacerbated by a policy of multiculturalism, and in practice, conflated with racial, ethnic or other forms of discrimination. Kerry O'Halloran argues that many culture war issues - such as those that surround the pro-choice/pro-life debate and the rights of the LGBT community - can be viewed as rooted in the same Christian morality that underpins the law relating to religious discrimination.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108503648
• Artikelnr.: 50218310

Autorenporträt

Kerry O'Halloran is a professionally qualified lawyer and social worker, and Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. He is the author of Religion, Charity and Human Rights (Cambridge, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Background: Introduction to Part I
1. Identity, alienation and the law: the twentieth-century legacy
2. Religion, culture and religious discrimination
Part II. Balancing Public and Private Interests: Introduction to Part II
3. Religion: the public and the private
4. The international framework and themes of religious discrimination
Part III. Contemporary Religious Discrimination in Common Law Jurisdictions: The Judicial Rulings: Introduction to Part III
5. England
6. Ireland
7. The US
8. Canada
9. Australia
10. New Zealand
Part IV. Religion and Discrimination: An Overview: Introduction to Part III
11. Themes of jurisdictional commonality and difference
12. Contexting religion, culture and discrimination
Conclusion.