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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813455903321

Titolo

Varieties of religious establishment / / edited by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and Lori G. Beaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-54840-2

1-317-00253-9

1-317-00252-0

1-4094-5242-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series

Altri autori (Persone)

BeamanLori G

SullivanWinnifred Fallers <1950->

Disciplina

323.44/2

Soggetti

Freedom of religion

Religious pluralism

Religious tolerance

Religions - Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theory and structure -- pt. 2. Retelling religio-legal histories -- pt. 3. Rethinking law's capacities.

Sommario/riassunto

In the hyper-globalized world of the politics of religious freedom today, a focus on establishments brings into view the cultural assumptions, cosmologies, anthropologies, and institutions which structure religion and religious diversity. In this book leading international scholars from a diverse range of disciplines explore how countries today live with religious difference and consider how considering establishments reveals the limitations of universal, multicultural, and interfaith models of religious freedom. Examining the various forms religion takes in Tunisia, Canada, Taiwan, South Afri