Von der „Krise des Allgemeinen“, der Bedeutung der „Umstände“ im beruflichen Dienst von Kirche, Caritas und Diakonie und der sie prägenden Personen – Ein Gespräch über juristische und theologische Perspektiven

Abstract

In several judgments on anti-discrimination disputes, the ECJ and the BAG have strengthened the individual rights of applicants and employees at the expense of the religiously determined and constitutionally guaranteed right of the Church, Diakonie and Caritas. In a conversation, it becomes clear that those judgements reflect questions of modernity, which are increasingly being decided socially in favor of individual singularities. At the present time, it appears to be a task of the society as a whole to agree on procedures for the constitution of the general, on consensus or common attitudes of the community. The commitment of the churches to the recognition of the category of a Christian service community is in this respect part of the responsibility for the cohesion of society. Moreover, it finds its matching point of reference in the anti-discrimination law.