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in: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (ZRGG), Vol. 72 (2020), Issue 3, pp. 286-310<\/a> Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed law differentiates between a secular and a sacred legal sphere, intertwining both by positing a religious duty for its adherents to abide by secular (state) law. In Germany, it encounters a secular legal framework that aims at something similar \u2013 creating an equilibrium between state law and religious law by establishing the principle of the division of State and Religion, while at the same time facilitating religious freedom; it provides a secular justification for the recognition of religious law. With this, both orders provide mechanisms ensuring that state law and religious law are able to enforce their own claim of validity, while at the same time avoiding conflicts between the respective legal orders.<\/p>\n The article argues that this unique interaction between Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed law and the German constitutional law framework impacted both legal orders. For German law, on the one hand, it proved to be crucial for the development and opening of this legal field \u2013 whose original purpose was the regulation of the relationship between the state and the (two) Christian churches \u2013 for other religious traditions. The interaction with state law has impacted the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Community of Germany, on the other hand, by catalyzing a number of developments that in other comparative law contexts have been dubbed \u201cconstitutionalization\u201d effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (German) in: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (ZRGG), Vol. 72 (2020), Issue 3, pp. 286-310 manuscript (free of charge) | published version (paywall) Abstract Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed law differentiates between a secular and a sacred legal sphere, intertwining both by positing a religious duty for its adherents to abide by secular (state) law. In Germany, it encounters […]<\/p>\n
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