Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights in Europe

Louis-Léon Christians Ph.D., doctor in Civil Law (Paris XI), doctor in Canon Law (Institut Catholique de Paris), is Professor and head of the Chair for Law and Religion at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). He is the President of the Research Institute for Religious Studies (RSCS) at the UCL, and Director of the Law and Religion module of the Master in Religious Studies. Elisabeth A. Diamantopoulou Ph.D., doctor in Sociology of Religions/Religious Studies (École Pratique des Hautes Études-Sorbonne, Paris), is Research Associate at the Chair for Law and Religion/Research Institute for Religious Studies, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium.

Contents: Elisabeth-A. Diamantopoulou/Louis-Léon Christians : Introduction – Stefan Tobler: Theological Foundation of Human Rights. Incompatibility between Orthodox and Protestant Tradition? – Walter Lesch: Human Rights and the Catholic Tradition of Social Ethics – Elisabeth-A. Diamantopoulou: Orthodox Christianity and Freedom of Religion in European Court of Human Rights Case Law – Effie Fokas: Pluralism and Religious Freedom. Insights from Orthodox Europe – Dimitris Christopoulos: How Can One Both Apply Sharia Law in Greece and Deny Building a Mosque in Athens? – Dmitry Uzlaner: The Pussy Riot Case and the Peculiarities of Russian Post-Secularism – Theodoros Koutroubas: Diversity of Greek Orthodox Discourses on Human Rights – Nikos Ch. Maghioros/Christos N. Tsironis: Human Rights and Orthodoxy. An Inquiry into the Canonical and Social perspectives – Vasilios N. Makrides: Orthodox Personalism. In Favor of or Against Human Rights? – Pantelis Kalaitzidis: Individual versus Collective Rights: the Theological Foundation of Human Rights. An Eastern Orthodox View – Grigorios D. Papathomas: Ecclesiology and Human Rights – Tamara Grdzelidze: Human Rights and the Orthodox Church. The Dignity of Human Beings Created in the Imago Dei – Alfons Brüning: On the Moral Content of "Human Rights" and of "Theosis". A Reassessment – Jean-Paul Willaime: Conclusions. Orthodoxy and Human Rights.