ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ECCLESIASTIC AUTHORITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE
ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ECCLESIASTIC AUTHORITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE
Author(s): Milan VukomanovićSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Theology and Religion
Published by: Centar za empirijska istraživanja religije (CEIR)
Keywords: Missio canonica; Faculty of Orthodox Theology; university autonomy; secularity of the state; Law on higher education
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author argues that the new Law on Amendments to the Law on Higher Education from 2021 is not in harmony with the Constitution of Serbia regarding the provisions implying the consent of church bodies for enrollment of students, employment and loss of appointment pertinent to the Faculty of Orthodox Theology. The paper tackles the relation between the university and the Church in Serbia, which changed dramatically since 2019, when the Church started intervening illegally in the Faculty of Theology, triggering a change of the law governing higher education. With the new law, the Serbian Church, a non-university and non-state institution, has been allowed to fully control the enrollment of students, and the selection and dismissal of the state university teachers, and this fact clearly contradicts the Serbian Constitution.
Journal: Religija i tolerancija
- Issue Year: 21/2023
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 207-216
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
