The covid-19 Crisis and Religious Freedom

The Interaction between State and Church Norms in Germany, Especially in Bavaria

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ID21235176
AuthorsBurkhard Josef Berkmann (0000-0003-4879-0913, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume8
Issue2-3
Pages179-200
Publication date2020-12-16
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Law, Religion and State (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2212-6465 • E-ISSN: 2212-4810
PublisherAmsterdam University Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22124810-2020013
OpenAlexW3096531397
LanguageEN
Citations received4

The article provides an overview of anti- covid -19 measures in Germany, especially in Bavaria. Public worship services were banned for seven weeks, but have been permitted again since the 4th of May, 2020, under safeguards. By comparing state law and Catholic canon law, the article investigates whether church norms merely “react” to state norms or are independent of them. Do they correspond to them or even go beyond them in their content? The article also examines whether state orders violate religious freedom. To this end, the relevant case law in Germany is analyzed. Since church and state have coordinated their actions, believers find it more difficult to exercise religious freedom

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Economic freedom · Economics · Keynesian economics · Political science · Religious freedom · Law · Medicine · Religion and Society Interactions · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Internal Medicine · Virology

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