Belief, Law and Politics

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Contents: Foreword, Grace Davie. Part I The RELIGARE Project and Final Report: Introduction, Marie-Claire Foblets, Katayoun Alidadi, Jorgen S. Nielsen and Zeynep Yanasmayan The RELIGARE Report: religion in the context of the European Union: engaging the interplay between religious diversity and secular models, Marie-Claire Foblets and Katayoun Alidadi. Part II Responses to the RELIGARE Report: Section 1 Religious Freedom in Europe: The Intricacies of Equal Treatment Policies: Freedom of religion or belief: anachronistic in Europe?, Heiner Bielefeldt Proceeding from combat to concept in religious freedom and equality policies in Europe, Michael Germann The right to religious freedom: a modern pattern of differentiation and its development, Matthias Koenig It's all about relationships, Jane Mair Religious freedom and accommodation in the United Kingdom, Maleiha Malik Religion, law and state in contemporary Europe: key trends and dilemmas, Ronan McCrea Religious diversity and EU action: the overwhelming impact of subsidiarity on legislative instruments, Juana M. Astigarraga Zulaica and Eduardo J. Ruiz-Vieytez The what, the why and the how, Russell Sandberg Freedom of thought, conscience and religion: a policy priority for the Council of Europe, Stephanos Stavros The relationship between religious diversity and secular models: an equality-based perspective, Lucy Vickers. Section 2 On the Reasonable Accommodation Debate: Reflections on the recognition of a right to reasonable accommodation in EU law, Frederique Ast The reasonable accommodation of conservative religious beliefs and the protection of LGBT rights at the workplace, Peter Cumper The effective protection of the freedom of religion: the ECtHR's variable margin of appreciation regarding religion-state relations and the rule of law, Kristin Henrard Religious accommodation and inclusive even-handedness, Cecile Laborde Reasonable accommodation for religion and belief: can it be accommodated in EU law without an express duty?, Andreas Stein. Section 3 Seeing Religious Diversity in Context: Seeking soft measures: complementing law and policy as a strategy for responding to diversity, Lori G. Beaman Traditional African religions: culture or religion?, Tom Bennett Notes towards connecting the disconnect: the role of the religion-national identity link, Effie Fokas The 'inclusive state neutrality' normative paradigm, Eugenia Relano Pastor RELIGARE: reflections on research and policy recommendations, Adam B. Seligman Section 4 Religious and Philosophical Diversity and Secularism: Questioning Normativity: Religion in the European Union: comments on the RELIGARE project, Christian Joppke RELIGARE: the central conflict, Lorenzo Zucca Critical remarks on the pro-religion apriority of the RELIGARE project, Patrick Loobuyck RELIGARE, believers and non-believers: but where is the citizen?, Koen Lemmens An ill-disguised defence of religious privilege, David Pollock. Section 5 Recent Developments: Coherence (and consistency) or organised hypocrisy? Religious freedom in the law of the European Union, Pasquale Annicchino Improving justice in the 'burqa ban' debates: group vulnerability and procedural justice, Eva Brems, Saila Ouald Chaib and Lourdes Peroni Recent developments in relation to the RELIGARE project report, Eric Roux. Index. The views expressed during the execution of the RELIGARE project, in whatever form and or by whatever medium, are the sole responsibility of the authors. The European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.