Specific Foundation / Core

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: - analyse of the ways in which religions and religious institutions are structured and organized. - explicate and evaluate traditional and evolving forms of religious beliefs and practices - use with facility the ways of interaction between religions and societies both in history and in the modern world - redefine of the role of religion in the public sphere as it is shaped by state law, human rights theory, and European cultural values.

The course introduces students to the law the two religious communities, both Christian and Muslim, regulate their internal organization and administration,and determine their relationship with the state, so that similarities and differences emerge. Particular reference will be made to the individual right of religious freedom and the protection of human rights in the national and international legal framework. In this context, issues will be addressed, including the theological background of the law of religions, its sources, the origin and development of the basic institutions of administration and organization of religious communities, the relationship of administration with the faithful, family and criminal issues as well as relations with the state and the international community. .

Law, Religion, State, Human Rights

11-06-2022