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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Church of England - Charity Law and Human Rights
  name:
    name part: O'Halloran, Kerry.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVIII, 241 p. online resource.
  abstract: This book examines the interface between religion, charity law and human rights. It does so by treating the Church of England and its current circumstances as a timely case study providing an opportunity to examine the tensions that have now become such a characteristic feature of that interface. Firstly, it suggests that the Church is the primary source of canon law principles that have played a formative role in shaping civic morality throughout the common law jurisdictions: the history of their emergence and enforcement by the State in post-Reformation England is recorded and assessed. Secondly, it reveals that of such principles those of greatest weight were associated with matters of sexuality: in particular, for centuries, family law was formulated and applied with regard for the sanctity of the heterosexual marital family which provided the only legally permissible context for any form of sexual relationship. Thirdly, given that history, it identifies and assesses the particular implications that now arise for the Church as a consequence of recent charity law reform outcomes and human rights case law developments: a comparative analysis of religion related case law is provided. Finally, following an outline of the structure and organizational functions of the Church, a detailed analysis is undertaken of its success in engaging with these issues in the context of the Lambeth Conferences, the wider Anglican Communion and in the ill-fated Covenant initiative. From the perspective of the dilemmas currently challenging the moral authority of the Church of England, this book identifies and explores the contemporary ‘moral imperatives’ or red line issues that now threaten the coherence of Christian religions in most leading common law nations. Gay marriage and abortion are among the host of morally charged and deeply divisive topics demanding a reasoned response and leadership from religious bodies. Attention is given to the judicial interpretation and evaluation of…
  table of contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Boundaries and Interfaces -- Chapter 2 Religion, Charity and the Law -- Chapter 3 Establishing the Church of England -- Chapter 4 The Established Church: Governance, Organisational Structure and Theology -- Chapter 5 Anglicanism at Home and Abroad -- Chapter 6 The Impact of Charity Law Reform -- Chapter 7 The Impact of Human Rights -- Chapter 8 Moral Jeopardy: the Challenges for the Church and for Religion Internationally -- Conclusion -- Index.
  note: by Kerry O'Halloran.
  subject:
    topic: Law
  subject:
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    topic: Public law
  subject:
    topic: Human rights
  subject:
    topic: Social policy
  subject:
    topic: Law
  subject:
    topic: Public Law
  subject:
    topic: Religious Studies, general
  subject:
    topic: Social Policy
  subject:
    topic: Human Rights
  classification: K3150
  classification: 342
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      title: Springer eBooks
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  identifier: 9783319043197
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04319-7
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    record change date: 20151204152710.0
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