Religious Rights

Lorenzo Zucca is a Reader in Jurisprudence at King's College London, UK.

Contents: Introduction. Part I Theories of Freedom of Religion: Local or Global?: Does it matter what religion is?, Christopher L. Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager; Equal liberty, nonestablishment, and religious freedom, Cécile Laborde; Freedom of conscience as religious and moral freedom, Michael J. Perry; A new global paradigm for religious freedom, Rafael Domingo; Religious freedom, American-style, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. Part II Freedom of Religion around the Globe: Freedom of Religion in Asia: Hegemony, imperialism, and the construction of religion in East and Southeast Asia, Thomas David Dubois; Religious renaissance in China today, Richard Madsen; Secularization theories and the study of Chinese religions, Michael Szonyi; ‘Smash temples, build schools’: comparing secularism in India and China, Peter van der Veer; State and religious diversity: can something be learnt from the Indian model of secularism?, Rajeev Bhargava; A leap of faith: the construction of Hindu majoritarianism through secular law, Ratna Kapur. Freedom of Religion in Islam/Middle East: Religious freedom in Islam: a global landscape, Daniel Philpott; Judging in God’s name: state power, secularism and the politics of Islamic law in Malaysia, Tamir Moustafa; Juristocracy vs. theocracy: constitutional courts and the containment of sacred law, Ran Hirschl; Immunity or regulation? Antinomies of religious freedom, Saba Mahmood and Peter G. Danchin. Freedom of Religion in Europe: From Communist to Muslim: European human rights, the Cold War and religious liberty, Samuel Moyn; Eurasian integration and the clash of values, Alexander Lukin; Chaos in Ukraine: the churches and the search for leadership, Nicholas E. Denysenko. Part III Case Studies: Peace at daggers drawn? Boko Haram and the state of emergency in Nigeria, Daniel E. Agbiboa; From social hostility to social media: religious pluralism, human rights and democratic reform in Africa, M. Christian Green; Global tangles: laws, headcoverings and religious identity, Seval Yildirim; Case studies: Japan, Brazil and Nigeria, Brian J. Grim. Part IV Global Secularism: is a Fundamental Re-Definition of Secularism Necessary?: How to define secularism, Charles Taylor; Secularism: its content and context, Akeel Bilgrami. Name index.