International and comparative law of inter-religious relations

2016-2017

The treatment of interreligious relations by major international organizations (EU, Council of Europe, UN). The establishment of institutionalized dialogues between religious actors and their influence in international law and national laws on the themes of tolerance, non-discrimination, religious diversity, de-radicalization.

Students will be able to identify the challenges of various forms of institutionalized dialogue between religions, taking into account the variety of religious traditions and the diversity of traditions of international organizations as well as changes in democratical practices.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled 'Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit'.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

The evaluation will be made on the basis of a written work by about fifteen pages analyzing in a interdisciplinary way a dialogue initiative launched by a public institution.

The first part of the course presents and analyzes some new international mechanisms aimed in favouring specifically religious dimension of intercultural dialogue - Theories of interconvictionnal public dialogues ' ONU Alliance of Nations ' Council of Europe Religious Dimensions of Intercultural Dialogue ' EU Open, transparent and regular dialogue under Art. 17 TFEU of the European Union ' other programs by the World Bank programs, UNESCO, etc.

The second part goes into detail on issues chosen by the students themselves (in international or comparative law). One or two invited speakers also come to analyse some topical issues.

Examples of themes to be chosen : Dialogue and radicalization - public initiative of interconvictionnel dialogue - Litigation and conflict resolution - Policy and legal regime of Faith Based Initiatives in USA etc

See the course on Moodle

WILLAIME, J. P., Le retour du religieux dans la sphère publique, Vers une laïcité de reconnaissance et de dialogue, éd. Olivétan 2008, 112 pp.;

JOBIN, G., La Foi dans l'espace public. Un dialogue théologique avec la philosophie morale de Jean-Marc Ferry, Les Presses Universitaires de Laval, Québec, 2004

TIMMERMAN, Chr., SEGAERT, B., How to conquer the barriers to intercultural Dialogue, Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Peter Lang, Gods, Humans and Religions, vol. 5, 2004