The Religion of Law

Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging

S. Jivraj

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
10 September 2013

Age groups: children; Family law; Social law; Education & the law; Social security & welfare law

Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies

How is religion, particularly non-Christianness, conceptualised and represented in English law? What is the relationship between religion, race, ethnicity and culture in these conceptualisations? What might be the socio-political effects of conceptualising religion in particular ways? This book addresses these key questions in two areas of law relating to children.

The first case study focuses on child welfare cases and reveals how the boundaries between race and theological notions of religion as belief and practice are blurred. Non-Christians are also often perceived as uncivilized but also, at times, racial otherness can be erased and assimilated. The second examines religion in education and the increasing focus on 'common values'. It demonstrates how non-Christian faith schools are deemed as in need of regulation, while Christian schools are the benchmark of good citizenship. In addition, values discourse and citizenship education provide a means to 'de-racialise' non-Christian children in the ongoing construction of the nation.

Central to this analysis is a focus on religion as a socio-political, contingent, fluid and invented concept.

By: S. Jivraj
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2013
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 4.439kg
ISBN: 9781137029270
ISBN 10: 1137029277
Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Pages: 195
Publication Date: 10 September 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction.- 1. Conceptualising Law's Religion: Socio-Legal Perspectives.- 2. Interrogating Law's Religion: Critical Perspectives.- 3. Non-Christianness in Adoption and Child Welfare Cases: Prioritising Racialised Religion.- 4. Orientalism, Belonging and Nationhood.- 5. Religion in Education: Christian legacy, Orientalist Positioning and Common Values.- 6. Faith in Schools: Racialised Religion, Community Cohesion and Belonging.- Conclusion.

Suhraiya Jivraj is a Lecturer in Law at Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK.

Reviews for The Religion of Law: Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging

The Religion of Law: Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging, is a welcome addition to the overarching category of work which we might still describe loosely as law and religion but it is a book which has in its essence ideas of difference and distinction. ... this book is a detailed study of the many different ways in which religion might be constructed or conceptualized. ... Jivraj's book is rich and multilayered, weaving together many ideas and issues ... . (Jane Mair, Feminist Legal Studies, Vol. 25, 2017)