Australian Journal of Law and Religion

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Australian Journal of Law and Religion- vol 6

The latest volume of the Australian Journal of Law and Religion has been published (and is freely available online here.) The Table of Contents is below- always worth reading!

Contents– Volume 6, 2025

Editorial                                                                                                                                  i

Articles

Modelling the Anchor and Range of State-Religion Relationships in Australia and Italy: Towards a New Understanding of State-Religion Typologies Renae Barker & Tania Pagotto                      1

Skilful Navigators or Guerrilla Subversives? Accommodating Colleges of Islamic Higher Education in the West Salim Farrar                           27

Maximising or Determining Rights? On Using (and Discarding) Statutory Exceptions Joel Harrison                          50

A Legal Education ‘Born From the Heart of the Church’: Reflections of a Catholic Law School Dean Michael Quinlan                     66

Comments

Australia’s Culture of Death: Rejecting the ‘Sanctity of Life’ Principle Gabriël Moens                        80

The Australian Catholic University and Challenges after the 7 October Hamas Massacre Suzanne D. Rutland                87

Book Reviews

Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age by Thomas C. Berg  Jeremy Patrick                        89

The Crisis of Civil Law: What the Bible Teaches about Law and What It Means Today by Benjamin B. Saunders David VanDrunen                   92

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First volume of Australian Journal of Law and Religion published

Great to see that the first volume of the Australian Journal of Law and Religion has been published: see here. All articles are free to download. Congratulations to editors Alex Deagon and Jeremy Patrick on this new venture! I am honoured to have an article in this first issue on “Religious Freedom, Section 109 of the Constitution, and Anti-discrimination Laws”.

For convenience, here is a copy of the first table of contents:

Articles

Law and Religion in the Classroom: Teaching Church-State Relationships: Renae Barker

The Formation of Islamic Law in Indonesia: The Interplay Between Islamic Authorities and the State: Muhammad Latif Fauzi

Religious Freedom, Section 109 of the Constitution, and Anti-discrimination Laws: Neil Foster

Why the Jury in Pell v The Queen Must Have Had a Doubt and the High Court was Right to Quash the Guilty Verdicts: Andrew Hemming

Adolescent Gender Identity and the Sex Discrimination Act: The Case for Religious Exemptions: Patrick Parkinson

Book Reviews

Christians: The Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World by Greg Sheridan: Katie Murray

Law and Religion in the Liberal State edited by Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Darryn Jensen: Jeremy Patrick

Special Topic Forum: The Future of Law and Religion in Australia

The Continued Existence of the Crime of Blasphemy in Australia: Luke Beck

Proportionality in Australian Constitutional Law: Next Stop Section 116?: Anthony Gray

The Liberal and Post-Liberal Futures of Law and Religion in Australia: Joel Harrison

Happy reading!

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New academic journal on law and religion in Australia

It is exciting to see the start of a new academic journal on law and religion in Australia: the Australian Journal of Law and Religion. The editorial team includes previous guest “Law and Religion Australia” blogger Dr Alex Deagon from QUT, and Dr Jeremy Patrick from USQ. From the website:

The Australian Journal of Law and Religion is the first peer-reviewed, scholarly journal in the antipodes to focus on the interactions of faith and the legal system. Every issue features articles, short essays, and book reviews from a diverse array of scholars from across the spectrum of religions and ideologies. It is published with the support of the Law, Religion, and Heritage Research Program Team of the University of Southern Queensland.

The first issue will not be published until 2022, but this looks like a terrific initiative to support scholarly examination of this important area.