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Politics of Religious Freedom
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan (Ed.)
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Paperback. Faced with widespread reports of religious persecution, public and private actors around the world have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. What are the cultural and epistemological assumptions underlying this response, and what forms of politics are enabled in the process? Editor(s): Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers; Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman; Mahmood, Saba; Danchin, Peter G. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPVH4; LAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
In a remarkably short period of time, religious freedom has achieved broad consensus as an indispensable condition for peace. Faced with widespread reports of religious persecution, public and private actors around the world have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. But what precisely is being promoted? What are the cultural and epistemological assumptions underlying this response, and what forms of politics are enabled in the process? The fruits of the three-year Politics of Religious Freedom research project, the contributions to this volume unsettle the assumption - ubiquitous in policy circles - that religious freedom is ... Read more
In a remarkably short period of time, religious freedom has achieved broad consensus as an indispensable condition for peace. Faced with widespread reports of religious persecution, public and private actors around the world have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. But what precisely is being promoted? What are the cultural and epistemological assumptions underlying this response, and what forms of politics are enabled in the process? The fruits of the three-year Politics of Religious Freedom research project, the contributions to this volume unsettle the assumption - ubiquitous in policy circles - that religious freedom is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
489g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226248509
SKU
V9780226248509
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About Winnifred Fallers Sullivan (Ed.)
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan is professor in and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. She is also an affiliated professor of law at Indiana University-Bloomington Maurer School of Law. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is associate professor in the Departments of Political Science and (by courtesy) Religious Studies at Northwestern University. Saba Mahmood is associate professor in the Department ... Read more
Reviews for Politics of Religious Freedom
A book which is deeply satisfying both for quality of writing and for quality of scholarship, one which I look forward to using extensively in my work and in the construction of syllabi.
Jessica L. Radin, University of Toronto Middle East Law and Governance (08/22/2016) Taken individually, these essays are erudite, consistently interesting, and well written. Taken collectively, ... Read more
Jessica L. Radin, University of Toronto Middle East Law and Governance (08/22/2016) Taken individually, these essays are erudite, consistently interesting, and well written. Taken collectively, ... Read more