Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report

Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report
Title Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report PDF eBook
Author Kevin Boyle
Publisher Routledge
Pages 509
Release 2013-03-07
Genre Political Science
ISBN 113472229X

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This report, the first of its kind yet to be published, provides a detailed and impartial account of how the individual's right to hold beliefs is understood, protected or denied throughout the world. Consisting of accessible, short edited entries based on drafts commissioned from experts living in the countries surveyed, it exposes persecution and discrimination in virtually all world regions. The book: * provides an analysis of United Nations standards of freedom of religion and belief * covers over fifty countries, divided into regions and introduced by a regional overview * covers themes including: the relationships between belief groups and the state; freedom to manifest belief in law and practice; religion and schools; religious minorities; new religious movements; the impact of beliefs on the status of women; and the extent to which conscientious objection to military service is recognised by governments * draws on examples of accommodation and co-operation between different religions and beliefs and identifies the main challenges to be overcome if the diversity of human conviction is to be established.

Freedom of Religion and Belief

Freedom of Religion and Belief
Title Freedom of Religion and Belief PDF eBook
Author Kevin Boyle
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 509
Release 1997
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0415159776

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Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, *

Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, *
Title Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, * PDF eBook
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Pages 848
Release 2008
Genre
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Freedom of Religion in China

Freedom of Religion in China
Title Freedom of Religion in China PDF eBook
Author Asia Watch Committee (U.S.)
Publisher Human Rights Watch
Pages 112
Release 1992
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9781564320506

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V. Arrests and Trials

The Battle for China's Spirit

The Battle for China's Spirit
Title The Battle for China's Spirit PDF eBook
Author Sarah Cook
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 140
Release 2017-05-16
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1538106116

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The Battle for China’s Spirit is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, focusing on seven major religious groups in China that together account for over 350 million believers: Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, and Falun Gong. The study examines the evolution of the Communist Party’s policies of religious control, how they are applied differently to diverse faith communities, and how citizens are responding to these policies. The study—which draws on hundreds of official documents and interviews with religious leaders, lay believers, and scholars—finds that Chinese government controls over religion have intensified since November 2012, seeping into new areas of daily life. Yet millions of religious believers defy official restrictions or engage in some form of direct protest, at times scoring significant victories. The report explores how these dynamics affect China’s overall social, political, and economic environment, while offering recommendations to both the Chinese government and international actors for how to increase the space for peaceful religious practice in a country where spirituality has been deeply embedded in its culture for millennia.

Freedom of Religion and the Secular State

Freedom of Religion and the Secular State
Title Freedom of Religion and the Secular State PDF eBook
Author Russell Blackford
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 219
Release 2012-01-17
Genre Political Science
ISBN 047065886X

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Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day. Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers a comprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject of religious freedom from a legal as well as historical and philosophical viewpoint. It makes an original contribution to current debates about freedom of religion, and addresses a whole range of hot-button issues that involve the relationship between religion and the state, including the teaching of evolution in schools, what to do about the burqa, and so on.

The Price of Freedom Denied

The Price of Freedom Denied
Title The Price of Freedom Denied PDF eBook
Author Brian J. Grim
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 273
Release 2010-12-06
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1139492411

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The Price of Freedom Denied shows that, contrary to popular opinion, ensuring religious freedom for all reduces violent religious persecution and conflict. Others have suggested that restrictions on religion are necessary to maintain order or preserve a peaceful religious homogeneity. Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke show that restricting religious freedoms is associated with higher levels of violent persecution. Relying on a new source of coded data for nearly 200 countries and case studies of six countries, the book offers a global profile of religious freedom and religious persecution. Grim and Finke report that persecution is evident in all regions and is standard fare for many. They also find that religious freedoms are routinely denied and that government and the society at large serve to restrict these freedoms. They conclude that the price of freedom denied is high indeed.