1st Edition
Religious Freedom and COVID-19 A European Perspective
Foreword by Heiner Bielefeldt
Introduction
1 Never let a good crisis go to waste…
Jelle Creemers & Tatiana Kopaleishvili
Part I: European values, norms and policies
2 FoRB in the time of COVID-19: A comparison of state restrictions on worship and religious practices in the United States and Europe
Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière & Nicholas Miller
3 Preliminary remarks on the impact of COVID-19 on the exercise of religious freedom in Europe
Adelaide Madera
4 Religious freedom, human dignity and state neutrality in times of pandemic: A comparative analysis of the Belgian and Dutch approach
Leni Franken & François Levrau
5 Reconstructing a right to conscientious objection in Europe: An analysis in light of vaccinations during pandemics
Georgia Alida du Plessis
Part II: Case studies in European countries
6 Freedom of religious assembly in Belgium: Legislation and praxis concerning religious freedom during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Jelle Creemers
7 Pointing the finger: Societal tensions during the COVID-19 crisis in Orthodox Georgia
Tatiana Kopaleishvili
8 The state of new religious movements in Ukraine before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Liudmyla Fylypovych & Yaroslav Yuvsechko
9 Science as telos in the pursuit of Beruf: How and why the Church of England agreed to lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
Alex D.J. Fry
Index
Biography
Jelle Creemers is a Professor of Religious Studies & Missiology at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven and director of the Institute for the Study of Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Tatiana Kopaleishvili is a Guest Assistant Professor at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven and coordinator of the Institute for the Study of Freedom of Religion or Belief.
