Pedagogical Reflections on the Introduction of a ‘Law and Religion’ Module in the Traditional Legal Curricula of Law Schools in the UK
One important consequence of the English reformation was the dissolution of the Canon Law Faculties at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, effectively ending the academic study of law and religion in the United Kingdom. This all changed in the last decades of the twentieth century. In 1991, th...
| Published in: | Research in the social scientific study of religion |
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Religious sociology B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft B Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft & Religionswissenschaft |
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| Summary: | One important consequence of the English reformation was the dissolution of the Canon Law Faculties at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, effectively ending the academic study of law and religion in the United Kingdom. This all changed in the last decades of the twentieth century. In 1991, the Ecclesiastical Law Society supported the establishment of a Master’s Degree in Canon Law at the University of Cardiff Law School, the first of its type since the Reformation. The LLM led to the introduction of an undergraduate module on Law and Religion within the traditional curriculum of the Law School, which examined the interaction between State law and religion. This module has now been replicated in the University of Manchester Law School and Lancaster University Law School, as well as other Law Schools in the country. This paper will critically reflect on the pedagogical challenges personally faced by the author whilst delivering the Law and Religion module in the modern and secular law school setting, including: interdisciplinary initiatives, the role of the teacher’s faith and student engagement. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004505315_012 |