| Description |
1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Series |
Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Landscape of Religious Freedom -- PART I. ETHICAL ARGUMENTS -- 1. A Right of Its Own: A Case for the Human Right of Religious Freedom -- 2. Can Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Be Universal? -- PART II. THE SOCIAL CONTINGENCY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DISPUTES -- 3. Microclimates of Religious Freedom: Global Norms Meet Local Conditions in Territorial Hawaìi and Occupied Japan -- 4. The Protection of Religion as "Culture" and "History": Three Case Studies |
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5. "Baptism of Ire": Atheist Plaintiffs and Irreligious Freedom in Postwar America -- 6. The Heads or Tails of Cow Protection in India: Religious Freedom and Secular Agriculture -- 7. Bad Faith: Religious Fraud and Religious Freedom in the "Mighty I AM" Case -- PART III. THE (MIS)APPLICATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- 8. The Historian's Pickaxe: Uncovering the Racist Origins of the Religious Right -- 9. Female Genital Cutting in Michigan: How Advocates of the Dawoodi Bohra Distorted Religious Freedom to Control Women's Sexual Conduct |
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10. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Future of Religious Freedom in the United States -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
This volume offers theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, as an experience, value, and right. Drawing on examples from around the world, its essays show how the terrain of religious freedom has never been smooth and how in recent years the landscape of religious freedom has shifted |
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Atheism |
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Church and State |
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Constitutional law |
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Freedom of conscience |
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Human rights |
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Racism and Religious Right |
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Religion and politics |
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Religion |
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Religious Freedom and the Supreme Court |
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Religious freedom |
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Religious liberty |
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Unbelief |
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Universal rights |
| Subject |
Freedom of religion.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
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Freedom of religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sharkey, Heather J. (Heather Jane), 1967- editor.
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Green, Jeffrey E. (Jeffrey Edward), editor.
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| ISBN |
0812298306 |
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9780812298307 |
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