Learning Outcomes
Specialization in the following fields:
• Knowledge of multilevel relations between the state and religions, as reflected in a general constitutional and institutional level, in Greece and Europe.
• The importance of the right to religious freedom for religious peace in modern societies
• Tolerance and respect for religious diversity and the different religious / cultural traditions.
• Understanding of the deep political significance involving the "sacred", especially in extreme forms of contemporary fundamentalisms.
• Creative conception of the religious phenomenon, through the dialectic synthesis of opposing views, especially in the area of religious education.
Course Content (Syllabus)
▪ Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (9 ECHR)
▪ International conventional protection of the right to religious freedom
▪ Historical origin and evolutionary development
▪ Charter of the United Nations (1945) - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) - Declaration of the UN General Assembly to eliminate all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief (1981) and on minorities (1992)]
▪ Regional Protection Systems: Europe [ECHR (1950) - Helsinki Final Act (1975) - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000) - Treaty of Amsterdam (1999) and Lisbon (2007)] - America - Africa (Mr. OK) Week Two
▪ Freedom of conscience and religious freedom in Greece in the 19th & 20th century. Remarkable public affairs
▪ Greek Enlightenment and religious freedom
▪ Public issues and court cases involving religious liberty and freedom of conscience
▪ Art. 9 ECHR and Art. 13 Greek Constitution
▪ Greek cases before the EctHR
▪ Constitutional status of religions
▪ 'Prevailing', 'known' and 'recognized' religion in Greece and the European Union ▪ Restrictions on religious freedom
▪ Religion and gender discrimination
▪ Equal treatment of citizens and enjoyment of civil, political, civil, tax, or other rights
▪ The issue of religious oath [EctHR: Alexandridis (2008), Dimitras (2013)]
▪ Religious autonomy
▪ Establishment and operation of legal persons aiming religious purposes
▪ Christian churches - Israelite community - Muslim Minority in Western Thrace and the Dodecanese
▪ Status of Islam in Greek law – The problem of 'sharia'
▪ Establishment of schools with religious purposes
▪ The issue of religious symbols in the jurisprudence of the EctHR
▪ Criminal protection of religious peace and religious feelings of citizens
▪ Conscientious objectors and alternative military service
▪ Legal status of clerics/laity: civil, fiscal and budgetary treatment
▪ Financial support of religions
▪ Tax and fiscal treatment of religions in Greece and in the European Union
▪ Church property
▪ Religion and art / culture - Religion and freedom of art
▪ Religion and media
▪ Religion and archaeological legislation - The special protection of religious cultural goods
Keywords
Religious freedom, human rights, state and religion, religious education, religious equality
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
"1) Βενιζέλος Ευάγγελος, Οι σχέσεις Κράτους - Εκκλησίας, 2005, Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο Α.Ε.
Κωδ: 75422
2) ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ Γ .ΠΑΠΑΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ, ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟ ΔΙΚΑΙΟ, 1/2013, ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΜΠΑΡΜΠΟΥΝΑΚΗΣ ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΟΣ
Κωδ: 33074652
3) Χρυσόγονος Κώστας, Ατομικά και κοινωνικά δικαιώματα, 3η έκδ./2006, ΝΟΜΙΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΑΕΒΕ
Κωδ: 10473
Additional bibliography for study
• Λ. Ζερβογιάννη / Α. Τσαούση, "Multiculturalism and Family Law: The Case of Greek Muslims", in: K. Boele-Woelki / T. Sverdrup (eds) «European Challenges in Contemporary Family Law», Intersentia Editions, Antwerp/Oxford/Portland 2008, 209-239.
• Γ. Κτιστάκις, Ιερός νόμος του Ισλάμ και μουσουλμάνοι Έλληνες πολίτες, Αθήνα-Θεσσαλονίκη 2006.
• Λ. Παπαδοπούλου, "Φυλακισμένες στην Ιστορία: Ελληνίδες Μουσουλμάνες υπό τον ιερό νόμο του Ισλάμ", Κέντρο Ευρωπαϊκού Συνταγματικού Δικαίου-Ίδρυμα Θεμιστοκλή και Δημήτρη Τσάτσου, Το Δημόσιο Δίκαιο σε εξέλιξη - Σύμμεικτα προς τιμήν του Καθηγητού Πέτρου Ι. Παραρά, Αθήνα-Κομοτηνή: εκδ. Αντ. Σάκκουλα 2012, 699-724.
• Λ. Παπαδοπούλου, "Περί του θρησκεύματος των ταυτοτήτων", ΤοΣ 4/5 (2000) 675-723.
• Ελ. Καλαμπάκου, "Η θρησκευτική ουδετερότητα ως εγγύηση του πλουραλισμού στην δημόσια εκπαίδευση: Η μάχη των συμβόλων στην νομολογία του ΕΔΔΑ", Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου 48/2010, 1139-1184.
• Χ. Δεληγιάννη-Δημητράκου, "Η περιβολή της ισλαμικής μαντίλας στο δημόσιο σχολείο: μια δικαιοπολιτική προσέγγιση", Θεωρία και Πράξη Διοικητικού Δικαίου 7/2009, 798 επ.
• Στ. Ζουμπουλάκης, Χριστιανοί στο δημόσιο χώρο. Πίστη ή πολιτιστική ταυτότητα;, Εστία, Αθήνα 2010.
ΕΔΔΑ, Προσφυγή Νο 30814, Υπόθεση Lautsi κατά Ιταλίας, απόφαση 3/11/2009.