Research handbook on interdisciplinary approaches to law and religion. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Russell Sandberg, Norman Doe, Bronach Kane, Caroline Roberts (Cardiff University, UK).
• Editors: Sandberg, Russell; Doe, Norman; Kane, Bronach; Roberts, Caroline
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Snakepits & sandpits / Russell Sandberg -- Part I: Historical approaches -- 2: Ecclesiastical court records for social and cultural history / Bronach C Kane -- 3: Trial by ordeal: An interdisciplinary approach yields fresh insights / Lindsey Bell -- 4: 'moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil': witchcraft and the law, 1450-1700 / Jan Machielson -- 5: Secularisation and law in modern societies / Callum G Brown -- Part II: Philosophical approaches -- 6: Philosophy, law, and religion / Daniel Whistler and Daniel J Hill -- 7: Law, religion, and public reason / Paul Billingham and Jonathan Chaplin -- 8: Multicultural political theory / Simon Thompson and Tariq Modood -- 9: Charles taylor on recognition, inclusive secularism, and religion / Camil Ungureanu and Paolo Monti -- 10. 'Gods would be needed ...': Derrida on law and religion / Peter Fitzpatrick -- Part III: Sociological approaches -- 11: Interpretive issues in researching law and religion / Max Travers and Doug Ezzy -- 12: The lure of luhmann: a systems theory of law and religion / Russell Sandberg -- 13: Social anthropology / Méadhbh McIvor -- 14: religion or belief, equality and human rights law and the media / David Perfect and Simon Perfect -- Part IV: Theological approaches -- 15: Biblical law / Jonathan Burnside -- 16: Political theology and legal theory / Joshua Neoh -- 17: Feminism meets law and religion: commonalities and critiques / Marie A Failinger -- Part V: Comparative approaches -- 18: A comparative method for the study of law and religion: Is this a defensible methodology? / Brigitte Clark -- 19: Monotheism and the death penalty: Towards a homogenous exegesis for abolition / Jon Yorke and Amna Nazir -- 20: The Turkish constitutional court rulings on the headscarf: the construction of villains and victims / Laçin İdil Öztığ -- 21: Diversity in death: a case study of a Muslim cemetery project in Quebec / Dia Dabby and Lori G Beaman -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages)
• Subjects: 344/.096; Religion and law; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784714857; 1784714852
• Related ISBNs: 1784714844; 9781784714840
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2019).
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