Church and Employment Law - A Comparative Analysis of Legal Status of Clergy Religious Workers

This book examines the current law on the employment status of ministers of religion and suggests reforms for ministers to be given a degree of employment protection. It considers the constant theme in Christian history that the clergy should not be subject to the ordinary courts and asks if this is justified with the growth of employment law.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
PART 1
Who are the clergy and religious workers and who is their employer?
1 Volunteers
2 Religious workers
3 The clergy as ministers of religion
PART 2
The status of ministers of religion in employment law
4 Employment status of the clergy: A comparative perspective
5 How can the employment relationship between a member of the clergy and their religious body be analysed?
6 The legal status of the clergy under employment law as employees and workers
PART 3
The perspectives from church-state relations and from the churches themselves and a possible way forward
7 The autonomy of religious bodies
8 The perspectives of the churches on the legal status of the clergy
9 A solution?: Potential reforms to achieve a degree of employment protection for clergy and other religious workers
General Index
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes

About the author

John Duddington is a member of the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University, UK, and editor of Law and Justice, the Christian Law Review. He was formerly Head of the Law School at Worcester College of Technology and is now a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Worcester.

Summary

This book examines the current law on the employment status of ministers of religion and suggests reforms for ministers to be given a degree of employment protection. It considers the constant theme in Christian history that the clergy should not be subject to the ordinary courts and asks if this is justified with the growth of employment law.

Product details

• Authors: John Duddington, Duddington John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367553173
• ISBN: 978-0-367-55317-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; England, Wales, LAW / General, RELIGION / Clergy, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, LAW / Business & Financial, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Law, comparative law, Employment & Labour Law, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, Employment and labour law: general, Ecclesiastical (canon) law, Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law