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Religion and Law
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Contents: Thinking about law thinking about religion; Religious interests in international and domestic laws; The state and the individual; The state and the religious organisation; Conclusions; Further reading; Bibliography; Index.

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Peter W. Edge is Reader in Law and Religion at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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'Complex ideas are made readily intelligible... The intended readership of this work is unlikely to be disappointed. It is informative and well researched. The style is lively and unstuffy. It raises difficult questions, and avoids oversimplification... it is provocative and challenging. It fills a gap in the market for a work that provides a critical description of the landscape in which religion and law seek peaceably to co-exist.' Church Times '...a very useful introduction to the relationship of law and religion. ... aims at a nonlegal reader, including students, but offers much of use to those who are legally trained as well. ... a thoughtful analysis of why law is important to religion... He develops a taxonomy of religious interests that scholars will find useful. ... For scholars and others interested in this arena of study, the volume will be a welcome addition to available resources. The volume has a useful list of recommended readings and a substantial bibliography of other sources.' Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion '... very accessibly written (a precious and rare quality which cannot be overestimated among legal scholars) and - probably its strongest point - loaded with a wide and representative selection of legal cases and pivotal decisions which take account of religious plurality.' Marburg Journal of Religion 'It is a readable and useful introduction to the subject... this book is a useful part of a student's library.' Theological Book Review ’...this book is a valuable, well-researched, and wide-ranging contribution to our understanding of the relationship between religion and law in contemporary Western societies... Edge has begun an important line of inquiry from which scholars of a number of fields, including law, political science, history, and religion, can benefit.' Law and Politics Book Review ’Peter Hedge has written a detailed and informative book on the interface between religion and law. It is full of int

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