The covid-19 Crisis and Religious Freedom: The Interaction between State and Church Norms in Germany, Especially in Bavaria
Abstract The article provides an overview of anti- covid -19 measures in Germany, especially in Bavaria. Public worship services were banned for seven weeks, but have been permitted again since the 4th of May, 2020, under safeguards. By comparing state law and Catholic canon law, the article investi...
| Published in: | Journal of law, religion and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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| In: |
Journal of law, religion and state
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bavaria
/ Catholic church
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Religious practice
/ Prohibition
/ State
/ Infection
/ Protection magic
/ Canon law
/ Religious freedom
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBB German language area SB Catholic Church law XA Law ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Epidemic
B Religious Freedom B cooperation between church and state |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Abstract The article provides an overview of anti- covid -19 measures in Germany, especially in Bavaria. Public worship services were banned for seven weeks, but have been permitted again since the 4th of May, 2020, under safeguards. By comparing state law and Catholic canon law, the article investigates whether church norms merely “react” to state norms or are independent of them. Do they correspond to them or even go beyond them in their content? The article also examines whether state orders violate religious freedom. To this end, the relevant case law in Germany is analyzed. Since church and state have coordinated their actions, believers find it more difficult to exercise religious freedom. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-2020013 |