State responses to minority religions / / edited by David M. Kirkham

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 322/.1
• Soggetto topico: Religion and state
• Altri autori: KirkhamDavid M
• Note generali: First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Part I Minority Religions and International Legal and Ethical Norms -an Overview; 1 State Reactions to Minority Religions: A Legal Overview; 2 The UN Human Rights Committee and Religious Minorities; Part II Minority Religions and Islam; 3 Religious Minorities and Conversion as National Security Threats in Turkey and Iran; 4 Springtime for Freedom of Religion or Belief; 5 Indonesia: Between Religious Harmonyand Religious Freedom; 6 A Legal Analysis of Ahmadi Persecutionin Pakistan ; Part III Atlantic Models - Religious Minorities, Diversity and the 'European West'7 Public Policies and Cults in European Case Law; 8 The French System against Sectarian Deviations; 9 The French 'War on Cults' Revisited: Three Remarks on an On-going Controversy; 10 Switzerland and Religious Minorities: Legal, Political and Educational Responses; Part IV Moving Eastward - Emerging Democracies and theCommunist Legacy; 11 Recognition, Registration and Autonomy of Religious Groups; 12 The State, New Religious Movements, and Legislation on Religion ; 13 With Fear and Favour: Minority Religions and the Post-Soviet Russian State14 China's Responses to Minority Religions; Part V Minority Religions in Non-European Democracies: Canadian and South African Models; 15 Expanding the Scope of Regulation: Some Reflections on Religious Minoritiesin Canada; 16 The Constitutional Protection of Religious Practices in Canada; 17 Religious Minorities' Right to Self-Determination; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores state responses to minority religions in four parts. The first chapter provides a legal and normative overview of the variety of responses available to states. Part II looks at Islamic majority countries, and part III focuses on Western Europe, paying particular attention to the rise in the twentieth century of the 'sect' and exploration of the European Court of Human Rights. Part IV shifts to the east, specifically analysing Russia and the Baltics. The book concludes with a look at state responses from non-European democracies, including different perspectives on the Canadi
• Titolo autorizzato: State responses to minority religions
• ISBN: 1-351-89807-8; 1-315-24244-3; 1-4724-1647-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828795403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements