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  • Introduction

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book:
    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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    11 August 2022
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    25 August 2022, pp 1-4
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  • Summary

    The conventional approach to evaluating the relationship between law and religion operates on the assumption that these are discrete domains that often compete, and at times even clash, with one another. This orientation animates scholarship and public discourse on such salient topics as mediating between church and state; balancing freedom of religion and freedom from religion; weighing the alternate commitments of religion and human rights; and delimiting the respective jurisdictions of civil and religious courts.

    A dichotomous paradigm, however, is not the only way to conceptualize the intersection between law and religion. The “Law As Religion, Religion As Law” volume explores a different perspective that has emerged in recent scholarship which regards law and religion as overlapping frameworks that structure the lives of individuals as well as the social order. From this vantage point, law and religion arguably share similar properties, and may even have a symbiotic relationship.

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  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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  • Contents

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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  • D - Religious Conceptions of Law

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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    25 August 2022, pp 271-340
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  • Contributors

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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  • C - Legal-Theological Roots

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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  • A - Sanctification and Secularization

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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    25 August 2022, pp 5-80
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  • B - Legal-Religious Language

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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  • E - Law in Formation: Religious Perspectives

  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Benjamin Porat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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    Law as Religion, Religion as Law
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Law as Religion, Religion as Law
  • Edited by David C. Flatto, Benjamin Porat
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    11 August 2022
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    25 August 2022
  • The conventional approach to law and religion assumes that these are competing domains, which raises questions about the freedom of, and from, religion; alternate commitments of religion and human rights; and respective jurisdictions of civil and religious courts. This volume moves beyond this competitive paradigm to consider law and religion as overlapping and interrelated frameworks that structure the social order, arguing that law and religion share similar properties and have a symbiotic relationship. Moreover, many legal systems exhibit religious characteristics, informing their notions of authority, precedent, rituals and canonical texts, and most religions invoke legal concepts or terminology. The contributors address this blurring of law and religion in the contexts of political theology, secularism, church-state conflicts, and the foundational idea of divine law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.