¿Qué debe contener una constitución en materia de libertad religiosa?

Gary Doxey es Director Asociado del Centro Internacional de Estudios de Derecho y Religión de la Universidad Brigham Young.

En ocasión de este Primer Foro Anual de Derecho y Religión del Cono Sur, quisiera abordar la pregunta: ¿Qué debe contener una constitución en materia de Libertad Religiosa? Es oportuno estudiar esta cuestión ya que la República de Chile actualmente está redactando una nueva constitución.

Debo recalcar que hablo desde una perspectiva internacional. No soy chileno, aunque Chile es un país que me resulta muy querido. Respeto profundamente la responsabilidad que tienen los chilenos, empezando por los honorables convencionales, de elegir las disposiciones de su constitución. Como extranjero me limito a ofrecer mis observaciones en calidad de estudiante de la materia, con la esperanza de que puedan ser de provecho.

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The 2021 Religious Freedom Annual Review: An Overview

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The Religious Freedom Annual Review, sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU Law School, and co-sponsored by the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, was held virtually on June 15-16, 2021. The 2021 theme, “Religion’s Role in Overcoming Divides and Strengthening American Democracy,” was reiterated by the three keynote speakers, Peter Wehner, Elder Dale G. Renlund, and Sister Ruth Lybbert Renlund. The opening session concluded with remarks by Asma Uddin, L. Whitney Clayton, and Brett Scharffs on religious identity and dignity in America.

Peter Wehner, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, stated that Christians ought to see others as equal. “Don’t withdraw from politics.” Christians should use Christianity to help define a “moral excellence…We’re called upon to be faithful—not successful,” and that Christians should “argue for truth, not for victory.”

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Secular Constitutionalism: Introduction to the ICLRS Webinar, held December 7, 2020

Brett G. Scharffs is the Rex E. Lee Chair, Professor of Law, and the Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. BSBA, MA Georgetown University, B.Phil Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar), JD Yale Law School

The blog/webinar model represents a new and important method for doing meaningful work. We can listen and learn from each other, even when we cannot be physically together, and it allows us to post the work quickly and get it into the marketplace of ideas. This is important with the world we live in, and the rapidly changing situation with COVID. I’d like to thank all of our scholars, thanks to those of you who are joining us to listen, and thanks to those who are speaking. We will be focusing today on secular constitutionalism in Poland, Russia, Germany, and Australia.

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