Contents -- Introduction -- Part One The Development of the Concept -- The Freedom of Religion in Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Historical Roots and Today's Dilemma's -- Autonomous Communities as a Solution for Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Hungary and Transylvania--Historical and Systematic Reflections -- Part Two Case Studies -- Some Reflections on Religion and Multiculturalism in Romania: Towards a Reappraisal of the Grammar of Traditions -- Religious Freedom and State Neutrality. The South African Experiment in Religious Rights -- 'Freedom of Religion' in Indonesia: Some Thoughts from an International Perspective -- Part Three Topics -- Marriage and Religious Freedom -- Freedom of Religion and Civil Law -- Contractual Religious Freedom -- Part Four Perspectives -- Current Options for the Constitutional Implementation of Religious Freedom -- Being Church and Freedom of Religion--the Function and Ambit of Religious Freedom -- State, Church and Civil Society. An Analysis of Two Recent Ecclesial Documents -- To Be Free, Religion Should Keep Herself Free -- Religion and Violence -- Challenges and Dilemmas -- List of Contributors -- Index.