Religions Webinar | Religion, Law and Territory Past and Present: Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective, 10 June 2026
This webinar is conceived as an opportunity to present the scientific framework of the Special Issue, to open a dialogue with scholars working on related topics, and to illustrate some of the research perspectives that the Special Issue aims to bring together. The central idea behind this initiative is that the relationship between religion, law and territory represents a crucial dimension of both historical and contemporary legal and social organisation. Religious traditions, institutions and communities have always interacted with territorial governance, shaping norms, identities, spaces, institutions and forms of coexistence. At the same time, legal systems have regulated the presence and activities of religious actors within specific territorial contexts, producing different models of cooperation, control, separation or accommodation.
Today, this relationship is undergoing significant transformations. Processes such as migration, religious pluralism, urbanisation, digitalisation and the reconfiguration of political and legal boundaries are reshaping the ways in which religion is embedded in space and regulated by law. Cities, regions, transnational spaces and digital environments have become key contexts in which religious diversity and legal regulation intersect. Issues such as places of worship, religious symbols in public spaces, minority religious rights, faith-based welfare, religious communities in multicultural urban environments, and the role of local and supranational authorities are at the centre of important legal, political and social debates.
The Special Issue is open to contributions addressing, among other themes, the historical relationship between religious institutions and territorial governance; the legal regulation of places of worship; religious pluralism and urban governance; the territorial dimensions of freedom of religion or belief; comparative approaches to religion in public spaces; migration and the territorial reconfiguration of religious communities; local and regional governance of religious diversity; supranational and international legal frameworks; and the transformation of religious territoriality in digital spaces.
Date: 10 June 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m. (CEST) | 3:30 p.m. (CST Asia)
Webinar ID: 875 8574 4860
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Religions-3?subscribe
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Program:
| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in CST Asia |
| Host Religions Journal Introduction |
9:30–9:35 a.m. | 3:30–3:35 p.m. |
| Dr. Daniela Tarantino (Chair) Webinar Opening and Special Issue Introduction |
9:35–9:40 a.m. | 3:35–3:40 p.m. |
| Dr. Maria Lucenti Regulating Religious Diversity in Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Secularism, Accommodation, and Muslim Women’s Agency |
9:40–10:00 a.m. | 3:40–4:00 p.m. |
| Dr. Elisabetta Colagrossi Sacred Thresholds: Law, Religious Space, and the Limits of Judicial Authority in Contemporary India |
10:00–10:20 a.m. | 4:00–4:20 p.m. |
| Dr. Mara Morelli Deprivation of Liberty Settings and Spirituality: Instances of Mediation Emerging From the Erasmus+ Project SPARK |
10:20–10:40 a.m. | 4:20–4:40 p.m. |
| Alessia Baghino Ecospirituality and Integral Ecology: Toward a Culture of Care |
10:40–11:00 a.m. | 4:40–5:00 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 11:00–11:20 a.m. | 5:00–5:20 p.m. |
| Dr. Daniela Tarantino (Chair) Closing of Webinar |
11:20–11:30 a.m. | 5:20–5:30 p.m. |
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Webinar Chair:
- Dr. Daniela Tarantino, Department of Political and International Studies, University of Genoa, Italy.
Speakers:
- Dr. Maria Lucenti, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy;
- Dr. Elisabetta Colagrossi, Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History (DAFIST), University of Genoa, Italy;
- Dr. Mara Morelli, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy;
- Alessia Baghino, Department of Political and International Studies, University of Genoa, Italy; Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile.
Related Special Issue:
“Religion, Law and Territory Past and Present: Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective”
Guest Editor: Dr. Daniela Taratino
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026