State Responses to Minority Religions (Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements)

Kirkham, David M.

ISBN 10: 1472416465 / ISBN 13: 9781472416469

Published by Routledge, 2013

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Title: State Responses to Minority Religions (...

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Published in 2013 by Ashgate in their Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements.The response of states to demands for free exercise of religion or belief varies greatly across the world. In some places, religions come as close as imaginable to autonomous existences with little interference from government. In other cases religion finds itself grinding out a meagre living, if at all, under the jealously watchful eye of the state. This book provides a legal and normative overview of the variety of responses to minority religions available to states. Exploring case studies ranging from Islamic regions such as Indonesia, Pakistan, and the wider Middle East, to Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China, Russia, Canada, and the Baltics, contributors include international scholars and experts in law, sociology, religious studies, and political science. This book offers invaluable perspectives on how minority religions are currently being received, reviewed, challenged, or ignored in different parts of the world.Includes a useful and extensive index.In a very good clean 'as new' condition. No dust-jacket, as published.

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The response of states to demands for free exercise of religion or belief varies greatly across the world. In some places, religions come as close as imaginable to autonomous existences with little interference from government. In other cases religion finds itself grinding out a meagre living, if at all, under the jealously watchful eye of the state. This book provides a legal and normative overview of the variety of responses to minority religions available to states. Exploring case studies ranging from Islamic regions such as Indonesia, Pakistan, and the wider Middle East, to Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China, Russia, Canada, and the Baltics, contributors include international scholars and experts in law, sociology, religious studies, and political science. This book offers invaluable perspectives on how minority religions are currently being received, reviewed, challenged, or ignored in different parts of the world.