What is it about?
The book takes the increase in legislative and adjudicative interest in religion as its starting point, and asks whether the concept of "juridification" can be a useful tool with which to examine the origins, nature and consequences of these interest.
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Why is it important?
The book is important because it tries to introduce a general theory of legal change to the specific field of law and religion, which has so far been dominated by research horizons and theoretical perspectives that have largely been derivative of earlier studies of ecclesiastical law and the relationship between church and state. With this book, we suggest that law and religion scholars may benefit from a broader contextualization of their research hypotheses and their findings, drawing on perspectives from other areas of law, but also from other disciplines.
Perspectives
Writing this book has been a great opportunity to systematize and test a variety of presuppositions and ideas I've worked with for the better part of ten years, where I have tried to grapple with the many different layers of legal regulations of religion and the multiple interactions, breaks and overlaps between these layers. Hopefully it will also be of interest to a wider audience.
Helge Årsheim
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: The Juridification of Religion?, Brill Research Perspectives in Law and Religion, October 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/24682993-12340002.
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