Transformation of Church and State Relations in Great Britain and Germany

Conference at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

 

Programme

 

Thursday, 1. July

I. Historical Development (Chair: Stefan Korioth, Munich)

9:00–09:30	The Development of Church and State Relations in England, Wales and Scotland	Augur Pearce, Cardiff
9:30–10:00	Establishment or De-establishment? The Scandinavian Experience	Lars Friedner, Uppsala
10:00–10:30	Discussion

II. Interactions between Religious and Secular Law
(Chair: Fabian Wittreck, Münster)

11:00–11:30	Legal Protection in Ecclesiastical Courts	Mark Hill, Cardiff
11:30–11:45	The German Perspective	Michael Germann, Halle-Wittenberg
11:45–12:30	Discussion
14:00–14:30	Religious Disputes (especially concerning Employment Status) in State Courts in Great Britain	Lucy Vickers, Oxford
14:30–14:45	The German Perspective	Hinnerk Wißmann, Bayreuth
14:45–15:30	Discussion
15:30–16:00	Procedural Fairness in Religious Disputes – Requirements under the European Convention on Human Rights	Ian Leigh, Durham
16:00–16:15	Comment	Katharina Pabel, Köln
16:15–16:45	Discussion

III. Autonomy
(Chair: Hans Michael Heinig, Göttingen)

17:15–17:45	Zones of Exclusiveness: Sharia and Halacha vs. the Secular Legal Order? The British Perspective	Javaid Rehman, London Brunel
17:45–18:00	The German Perspective	Christoph Möllers, Berlin Humboldt
18:00–18:30	Discussion

Friday, 2. July

 

9:00–09:30	Autonomy and Established Church – a Contradiction?	Peter Edge, Oxford Brookes
9:30–10:00	Discussion

IV. Questions of Status and Organisation
(Chair: Heinrich de Wall, Erlangen)

 

10:00–10:30	Participation of Religious Communities in Public Life (Schools, Universities, Media)	Peter Cumper, Leicester
10:30–10:45	The German Perspective	Antje von Ungern-Sternberg, Münster
10:45–11:30	Discussion
12:00–12:30	The Legal Status of Muslim Communities in GB	Julian Rivers, Bristol
12:30–12:45	The German Perspective	Gernot Sydow, Freiburg/Limburg
12:45–13:30	Discussion