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Index
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Part I: Introduction
1. The paradox of pluralism: Towards a relational approach to religious freedom
The stories we tell
The story of Multicultural Jurisdictions
A relational approach
A contractual approach
A feminist approach
Combining the approaches: feminist relational contact theory
The stories to come
Part II: Starting points
2. Human rights and the protection of religious expression: Manifestation of religion as Lex Specialis of freedom of expression
Abuse of religious freedom: a crucial global issue
Legal theory of religious freedom
Juridical justification for differential treatment of manifestation of religion: the Lex Specialis principle
Permissible restrictions to manifestation of religion
Manifestation of religion and ‘defamation of religion’ and related concepts and processes
Conclusion
3. The search for pluralism in Islam, Roman Catholicism, and Judaism
Pluralism is unavoidable
Defining pluralism
Pluralism in world religious traditions: from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) to the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms (2010)
Avoiding monisms of the atheistic, agnostic, or religious form
4. Religious freedom and pluralism: A Judaic perspective
5. Western ‘civic totalism’, sovereignty of the people, and the need for limited government
Expressive liberty and value pluralism
‘Civic totalism’
Sovereignty of the people
Limited government
A broader relevance
6. From Rabat to Istanbul: Combating advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence1
The Rabat Plan of Action and the Istanbul Process: an overview
The quest for wider implementation strategies
7. The prohibition of advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence: A taxonomy
The incitement clause as an oddity
The incitement clause as a prohibition
The incitement clause as a ‘right of others’
The incitement clause as a right invoked by incitement victims
The future of the incitement clause
Part III: Perspectives
8. Religious pluralism: The Argentine experience
Religious pluralism in a national context
The program of the Argentine Constitution
A country of immigration
Confrontation and integration
Ecumenism and dialogue, irreversible commitment
The experience in pluralism
A culture of encounter
9. The quest for religious pluralism in post-apartheid South Africa
The place of religion in South African society
Recognition of rights of religions in post-apartheid South Africa
Religious pluralism and the building of a better society
10. National Human Rights Institutions and the accommodation of religious diversity in Africa
National Human Rights Institutions in Africa
Religious human rights organizations in Africa
A framework for the protection of religious rights by National Human Rights Institutions
11. The status of religious organizations in Poland: Equal rights and differentiation
Religion rights under the Polish Constitution
Origin of Article 23 paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
Subjective scope of the principle of equal rights
Methods of realization of the principle of equal rights
General assessment of the degree of conformity of subconstitutional regulations to the principle of equal rights of religious organizations
Resolutions
12. State neutrality and religious plurality in Europe1
Defining state neutrality
State neutrality and display of religious symbols in public places or institutions
Should religious minorities be empowered to re-shape the public sphere?
The position of Spanish and German courts
Neutrality as inclusion, neutrality as exclusion
Part IV: Conclusion
13. Religious pluralism: Peace or poison?
The ideal and the problem
Achieving stabilizing pluralism
Protecting the foundations of stable pluralism
Conclusion
Index
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