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Effie Fokas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the european court of human rights at the grassroots level who knows what about religion at the ecthr and to what effects
    2017
    Co-Authors: Effie Fokas
    Abstract:

    In the last 25 years, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has been increasingly addressing some of the most divisive religion- related issues facing European societies. In the process, it has been setting from above certain parameters for Religious Pluralism in Europe. The present contribution draws on research designed to bring the Court’s influence on Religious Pluralism into sharp focus, but from the ground up. We know more or less the direct effect of the Court in terms of implementation of its decisions. But we lack understanding of its indirect effects in terms of whether and how its case law mobilises grassroots actors (rights consciousness raising, agenda setting, bargaining ‘in the shadow’ of the Court). Such understanding presupposes insight into levels of awareness of the ECtHR and its religion-related case law: who knows what about religion at the ECtHR and to what effects? This contribution presents results of a study engaging social actors in four countries.

  • directions in Religious Pluralism in europe mobilizations in the shadow of european court of human rights Religious freedom jurisprudence
    2015
    Co-Authors: Effie Fokas
    Abstract:

    Over the past 20 years the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has evolved into a conspicuous, often contentious, force in the multilevel battles over the place of religion in the European public sphere. In the light of scholarly debates, questioning the direct effects of courts on the issues they address, this article explores how the nature and extent of European juridical influence on Religious Pluralism are better understood through developments taking place ‘in the shadow’ of the Court. Specifically, what is the aftermath of the Court’s religion jurisprudence in terms of its applications at the grassroots level? And how might legal and political elites operating at the national and international levels influence the Court’s engagement with religion? These questions are important because ECtHR case law will shape, to a large extent, both local and national case law and—less conspicuously but no less importantly— grassroots-level developments in the promotion of or resistance to Religious Pluralism, which will, in turn, influence the future of the ECtHR caseload.

  • directions in Religious Pluralism in europe mobilizations in the shadow of european court of human rights Religious freedom jurisprudence
    Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 2015
    Co-Authors: Effie Fokas
    Abstract:

    Over the past 20 years the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has evolved into a conspicuous, often contentious, force in the multilevel battles over the place of religion in the European public sphere. In the light of scholarly debates, questioning the direct effects of courts on the issues they address, this article explores how the nature and extent of European juridical influence on Religious Pluralism are better understood through developments taking place ‘in the shadow’ of the Court. Specifically, what is the aftermath of the Court’s religion jurisprudence in terms of its applications at the grassroots level? And how might legal and political elites operating at the national and international levels influence the Court’s engagement with religion? These questions are important because ECtHR case law will shape, to a large extent, both local and national case law and—less conspicuously but no less importantly— grassroots-level developments in the promotion of or resistance to Religious Pluralism, which will, in turn, influence the future of the ECtHR caseload. The European public square has, in the past 20 years and increasingly so, been inundated with controversies and debates broadly conceived around the place of religion in the public sphere. In spite of (and, some would argue, because of) popular and scholarly expectations of religion’s retreat in Europe, issues such as freedom of Religious expression, freedom of speech versus protection against blasphemy, and the public display of Religious symbols loom large in the workplace, in schools, in media coverage, etc throughout Europe, at local, national, and supranational levels. The presence of Islam in Europe has acted as a catalyst in many debates on religion in Europe, but these debates have now grown to encompass much broader assumptions about the nature of Religious communities, their relationship to state institutions, and the place of minority Religious communities in society. In short, the

Christian M Green - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • from social hostility to social media Religious Pluralism human rights and democratic reform in africa
    African Human Rights Law Journal, 2014
    Co-Authors: Christian M Green
    Abstract:

    This article examines the new terrain of Religious freedom and human rights in Africa, with particular attention to the role of social hostilities in restricting religions. In the current environment of 'post-secularism' and the global resurgence of religion, the relationship between government restrictions and social hostilities is particularly complex in Africa, in light of the high degree of religiosity and the notably-intertwined relationship of religion, culture, politics and law, in marked contrast to the secularist and separationist paradigms that prevail in Europe and North America. Paradoxically, though the restrictions on Religious freedom in many African nations stem from or have been exacerbated by social hostilities, including pernicious and inflammatory uses of social media, solutions to social hostilities may depend a great deal on empowering Religious and civil society groups in the creative and constructive use of social media to change the normative perceptions, attitudes and values that underlie successful constitutional and democratic reform. Indeed, some of these creative uses of social media are already happening, but are threatened by crackdowns on freedom of expression and social media by the state. This article examines uses of social media both to inflame and to reduce social hostilities in recent elections and constitutional referenda in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia and argues the need for a 'socio-legal' paradigm for understanding both perceptions of Religious hostilities and Religious human rights claims in their full social, political and cultural context.

  • from social hostility to social media Religious Pluralism human rights and democratic reform in africa
    Social Science Research Network, 2014
    Co-Authors: Christian M Green
    Abstract:

    In this article, I examine the new terrain of Religious freedom and human rights in Africa, with particular attention to role of social hostilities in restricting Religious. In the current environment of “post-secularism” and the global resurgence of religion the relationship between government restrictions and social hostilities is particularly complex in Africa, in light of the high degree of religiosity and the notably intertwined relationship of religion, culture, politics, and law, in marked contrast to the secularist and separationist paradigms that prevail in Europe and North America. Paradoxically, though the restrictions on Religious freedom in many African nations stem from or have been exacerbated by social hostilities, including pernicious and inflammatory uses of social media, solutions to social hostilities may depend a great deal on empowering Religious and civil society groups in the creative and constructive use of social media to change the normative perceptions, attitudes, values, and that underlie successful constitutional and democratic reform. Indeed, some of these creative uses of social media are already happening, but are threatened by crackdowns on freedom of expression and social media by the state. This article will examine uses of social media both to inflame and to reduce social hostilities in recent elections and constitutional referenda in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Uganda.

Newman Saul - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Political theology and Religious Pluralism: Rethinking liberalism in times of post-secular emancipation
    'SAGE Publications', 2021
    Co-Authors: Newman Saul
    Abstract:

    Recent debates in liberal political theory have sought to come to terms with the post-secular condition, characterised by deep Religious Pluralism, the resurgence of right-wing populism, as well as new social movements for economic, ecological and racial justice. These forces represent competing claims on the public space and create challenges for the liberal model of state neutrality. To better grasp this problem, I argue for a more comprehensive engagement between liberalism and political theology, by which I understand a mode of theorising that reveals the theological basis of modern secular political concepts. In considering two contrasting approaches to political or public theology – Carl Schmitt’s and Jürgen Moltmann’s – I argue that liberal political theory can and should open itself to a diversity of social movements and ecological struggles that pluralise the political space in ways that unsettle the boundary between the secular and Religious

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Wang Zhi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.