Law and Religion in Contemporary Society: Communities, Individualism and the State

by Graham Harvey and Peter W. Edge

This book enriches the analysis of law and religion in society: exploring the various facets of the multiple tensions that exist in the legal relationships between religious organisations, State and adherents in the period leading up to the third Christian millennium. Against the background of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses of religious organisations and the State to the Human Rights Act, this interdisciplinary collection draws...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754613062
• ISBN13: 9780754613060
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"