eprintid: 1551641
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datestamp: 2022-01-28 17:05:25
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type: book
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creators_name: McCrea, R
title: Religion and the Public Order of the European Union
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B03
divisions: C02
keywords: European law, religion, constitutional law, secularism, human rights, comparative law, Islam, humanism, Christianity
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
abstract: This book offers a comprehensive account of the role of religion within the public order of the European Union. It examines the facilitation and protection of individual and institutional religious freedom in EU law and the means through which the Union facilitates religious input and influence over law. In addition, the book identifies the limitations on religious influence over law and politics that have been identified by the Union as fundamental elements of its public order and prerequisites to EU membership. It demonstrates that the Union seeks to balance its predominantly Christian religious heritage with an equally strong secular and humanist movement by facilitating religion as a form of cultural identity while limiting its political influence. Such balancing takes place in the context of the Union's limited legitimacy and its commitment to respect for Member State cultural autonomy. Deference towards the cultural role of religion at Member State level enables culturally-entrenched religions to exercise a greater degree of influence within the Union's public order than ‘outsider’ faiths that lack a comparable cultural role. The book places the Union's approach to religion in the context of broader historical and sociological trends around religion in Europe and of contemporary debates around secularism, equal treatment, and the role of Islam in Europe.
date: 2014-03-27
date_type: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
official_url: https://doi.org/0.1093/acprof:oso/9780199595358.001.0001
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
book_type: book
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1288514
doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199595358.001.0001
isbn_13: 9780198713944
lyricists_name: McCrea, Ronan
lyricists_id: RMCCR24
actors_name: McCrea, Ronan
actors_id: RMCCR24
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
series: Oxford Studies in European Law
place_of_pub: Oxford, UK
pagerange: 1-330
pages: 330
edition: 2nd
citation:        McCrea, R;         (2014)    Religion and the Public Order of the European Union.       [Book].            Oxford Studies in European Law.  (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1551641/3/McCrea_Paperback%20Edition%20Foreword%207%20Aug.pdf