'And Who Is My Parishioner?' Residency, Human Rights and the Right to Burial in the Parish Churchyard. (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Burrell, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Ecclesiastical law journal. Volume 24:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 58
• Page End: 67
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Church of England -- right to burial -- parish -- residency -- human rights -- St Giles Exhall; Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 262.0342
• DOI: 10.1017/S0956618X21000661
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-618X

Abstract

Abstract : When asked by an expert in the law, 'And who is my neighbour?', Jesus answered with the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37). This was a radically inclusive answer: your neighbour could be anyone. By contrast, a priest who asks an ecclesiastical lawyer 'and who is my parishioner?' may be given a far less clear or satisfying answer.