Religious freedom and the German circumcision debate

HEIMBACH-STEINS, Marianne

Religious freedom and the German circumcision debate

dc.contributor.author	HEIMBACH-STEINS, Marianne
dc.date.accessioned	2013-03-18T14:53:18Z
dc.date.available	2013-03-18T14:53:18Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	In May 2012, a German court in Cologne ruled that circumcising young boys represents grievous bodily harm. This decision, which touched upon the questions of freedom of religious practice, identity and children’s rights, was condemned by Jewish and Muslim representatives in Germany, but it was also widely and controversially debated by civil society and politicians. The German Parliament recently passed legislation protecting circumcision as a religious practice, but the debate is likely to continue. In this paper, Marianne Heimbach-Steins, director of the department of Christian Social Ethics at the University of Münster (Germany), discuss this case and its implications for the definition of religious freedom.	en
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dc.identifier.issn	1028-3625
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/26335
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation	The (re)construction and formatting of religions in the West through courts, social practices, public discourse and transnational institutions.
dc.relation.ispartofseries	EUI RSCAS	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2013/18	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	RELIGIOWEST	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Circumcision	en
dc.subject	Germany	en
dc.subject	Islam	en
dc.subject	Judaism	en
dc.subject	Human rights	en
dc.subject	Religious freedom	en
dc.title	Religious freedom and the German circumcision debate	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
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