Constitution and Confessions - The Politics of Religion
Internationale Konferenz

Wissenschaftliche Leitung: Susan Neiman, Potsdam, und Martha C. Nussbaum, Chicago Teilnehmer u.a.: Tom W. Bennett (Kapstadt); Michael von Brück (München); Mushirul Hasan (Neu Delhi); Zoya Hasan (Neu Delhi); Humayoun Ihsan (Lahore); Werner G. Jeanrond (Lund); Christina Jones-Pauly (Bonn); Jacob T. Levy (Chicago); Jürgen Moltmann (Tübingen); Tariq Ramadan (Freiburg/Schweiz); Jeffrey Redding (New York); Tanika Sarkar (Neu Delhi); Ayelet Shachar (Toronto); Jeffrey Spinner-Halev (Lincoln/Jerusalem); David Tracy (Chicago); Paul Weithman (Notre Dame); Gianfrancesco Zanetti (Modena/New York) Eine Gemeinschaftsveranstaltung mit dem Center for Comparative Constitutionalism, University of Chicago, in Kooperation mit der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Programm: THURSDAY, JUNE 10 10.15 AM - 1 PM Opening Martha C. Nussbaum, Chicago Susan Neiman, Potsdam Thomas Krüger, Präsident der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn Section I Equality and Religion I Weithman, Paul Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame/Indiana A Religious Objection to Inequality? Coffee Break Jones-Pauly, Christina Research Assistant at the Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung of the University of Bonn, Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute and at Harvard Law School, Cambridge/Mass. Does God Like Equality? Dilemmas of Islamic Law as State Law in Africa and Europe and the Challenge to International Law Lunch Break 14.45 - 17.15 PM Section II The Limits of Religious Freedom Bennett, Tom W. Professor of Private and Public International Law, University of Cape Town The Boundaries of the Freedom of Religion: Property and Culture Coffee Break Hasan, Zoya Professor of Political Science in the Centre for Political Studies, Director of the Women's Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Social Inequality and Special Representation of Marginalised Groups in India 6 PM Filmmuseum Potsdam Final Solution Director: Rakesh Sharma India 2003, 218 min (E doubling) Introductory remarks by Martha C. Nussbaum, Chicago FRIDAY, JUNE 11 10 AM - 1 PM Section III Gender Sarkar, Tanika Professor of Modern History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Women of the Hindu Right: Empowerment without Rights Coffee Break Redding, Jeff Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Culture, Columbia Law School, New York Human Rights and Religious and Sexual Self-Determinations Shachar, Ayelet Assistant Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Justice, Culture, and the Problem of Gender Lunch Break 2.30 - 5.30 PM Section I contd. Religion and Equality Brück, Michael von Professor of Religious Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich Religion and the Concept of Religion - The Basis of Participatory Justice Coffee Break Ramadan, Tariq Lecturer of Islam-Sciences,University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Lecturer of Philosophy, Collège de Genève Islam: Equality as an Ideal Ihsan, Humayoun Professor and Dean of the Pakistan College of Law, Lahore Human Equality in the Text of Islam SATURDAY, JUNE 12 10 AM - 1 PM Section IV Religion, Tolerance, and Respect Hasan, Mushirul Professor of Modern Indian History, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, Director of the Academy of Third World Studies, New Delhi Islam in Nineteenth Century North India: Notions of Adab (Manners), Akhlaq (Morality) and Tolerance Coffee Break Jeanrond, Werner G. Professor of Systematic Theology, Lund University The Ambiguous Potential of the Love Commandment: Christian Responses to the Challenges of Otherness Spinner-Halev, Jeffrey Schlesinger Professor for Social Justice, University of Nebraska, Guest Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hinduism, Christianity, and Liberal Religious Toleration Lunch Break 2.30 - 5.30 PM Section IV contd. Religion, Tolerance, and Respect Nussbaum, Martha C. Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, Law School and Divinity School, University of Chicago, Coordinator of the Center for Comparative Constitutionalism, Chicago Radical Evil in the Lockean State: The Psychological Foundations of Equal Respect Coffee Break Zanetti, Gianfrancesco Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Modena Cardinal De Retz's Argument: Law and Morality Problems, Old and New Levy, Jacob T. Assistant Professor of Political Science and the College, University of Chicago Freedom of, within, and from Religion