John William Tate, "Toleration, Skepticism, and Blasphemy"

A remarkable article on religious toleration has been published in the latest issue of American Journal of Political Science.

• John William Tate, "Toleration, Skepticism, and Blasphemy: John Locke, Jonas Proast, and Charlie Hebdo"

[Published] The Myth of American Religious Freedom (Updated Edition)

The first edition published in 2011, The Myth of American Religious Freedom, written by David Sehat, associate professor of history at Georgia State University, has been reissued in a paperback edition (November 2015, Preface and Postscript added).

[Published] Intolerant Religion in a Tolerant-Liberal Democracy

Religious toleration may be one of the classical topics in the modern history of ideas, which are attiring more and more attention not only from scholars in the field, but also from many citizens of international society.

In this respect, a recent publication, titled Intolerant Religion in Tolerant-Liberal Democracy, will help us take the question seriously.

Click on the link for more information posted on the Hart Publishing company website.




 

International Association for the History of Religions

The International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR, founded in 1950), is a worldwide body of more than 40 member associations and affiliates dedicated to the scientific study of religion.


IAHR edits NUMEN, an international journal for history of religions, published by Brill.

Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionswissenschaft

Die Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionswissenschaft ist ein eingetragener Verein, der sich seiner Satzung gemäß einem vielfältigen Aufgabenspektrum widmet:

• Die Förderung der religionswissenschaftlichen Lehre und Forschung gehört zu den Kernaufgaben der Vereinigung.
• Die Vereinigung versteht sich als Interessenvertretung deutschsprachiger Religionswissenschaftlerinnen und Religionswissenschaftler in der Öffentlichkeit und setzt sich in vielfältiger Weise für deren Belange ein.
• Die Förderung des Nachwuchses ist ein wichtiges Arbeitsfeld der Vereinigung.
• Die Vereinigung richtet alle zwei Jahre eine Fachtagung aus.
• Die Vermittlung von Informationen über das Studium der Religionswissenschaft in Deutschland an die Öffentlichkeit ist eine Aufgabe der Vereinigung.

[Published] French Translation of Erasmus's Institutio principis Christiani

La Formation du prince chrétien / Institutio principis christiani


Publication of a French translation of Erasmus's Institutio principis Christiani (Lovanii, 1516) celebrate the quincentenary of the original Latin work.

• Erasme, La formation du prince chrétien, Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2015

Translated by Mario Turchetti, Emeritus Professor at University of Fribourg, the Formation du prince chrétien allows us to penetrate into the humanist's political thought.


* Another French translation of the work is expected to be published in April 2016 (Education du prince chrétien, Paris: Les Belles Lettres).
** It may be interesting to compare the Dutch humanist's thought with a contemporary French humanist's treatise on the same topic: Guillaume Budé, De l'institution du prince (1547).

Call for Research Projects

Appel à projets de recherche 2017-2021


Ecole française de Rome has announced a call for research projects related to law and religion for the period of 2017-2021.

Click here to see the announcement in French.

A New Magna Carta for the Early Modern Common Law

A NEW MAGNA CARTA FOR THE EARLY MODERN COMMON LAW: AN 800TH ANNIVERSARY ESSAY

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A new article of John Witte, Jr., Professor of Law at Emory University, on Magna Carta in Common Law tradition will be published soon in the newest issue of Journal of Law and Religion.

First View online, click here.        

Abstract

This article examines the influence of the Magna Carta on the development of rights and liberties in the Anglo-American common law tradition, especially in the seventeenth century. Originally issued by King John of England in 1215, the Magna Carta set forth numerous prototypical rights and liberties that helped to shape subsequent legal developments in England, America, and the broader Commonwealth. The Magna Carta served as an inspiration for seventeenth-century English jurists, like Sir Edward Coke, and Puritan pamphleteers, like John Lilburne, who advocated sweeping new rights reforms on the strength of the charter. It also inspired more directly the new bills of rights and liberties of several American colonies, most notably the expansive 1641 Body of Liberties of Massachusetts crafted by Nathaniel Ward, which anticipated many of the constitutional rights formulations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America.