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Book SynopsisThis volume offers original research on religious freedom from around the globe. Individual chapters address the issues related to defining and understanding the concept of religious freedom and incorporate sociological thinking into interdisciplinary analysis of this topic. By interpreting legal cases, analyzing cross-national data, interviewing policy-makers, and reviewing policy-papers concerning religious freedom, the authors highlight the necessity of sociology engaging with other disciplines in this type of research. By applying theories of religious pluralism, secularity, secularization, judicialization of religion, “lived religion”, total institutions, and others, this volume contributes theoretical perspectives, sociological concepts and empirical analyses that highlight the development of religious freedom as an area of study in the social sciences.
Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction—Religious Freedom: Social-Scientific Approaches Olga Breskaya, Roger Finke, and Giuseppe Giordan PART 1 Religious Freedom, Secularity and Secularism 1 How does Secularity “Travel”?: Toward a Policy Mobilities Approach in the Study of Religious Freedoms Efe Peker 2 Religious Freedom, Legal Activism, and Muslim Personal Law in Contemporary India: A Sociological Exploration of Secularism Anindita Chakrabarti 3 Religious Freedom and Secularism in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia Anna Grasso 4 Religious Pluralism, Religious Freedom and the Secularization Process in the Greek Educational System Alexandros Sakellariou PART 2 Multi-level Study of Religious Freedom 5 Regulating Sincerity: Religion, Law, Public Policy, and the Ambivalence of Religious Freedom in Pluralist Societies Zaheeda P. Alibhai 6 The Religionization in Alevi Culture: An Exploratory Study on Spiritual Leaders (Dedes) Nuran Erol Işık 7 One, Many or None: Religious Truth-Claims and Social Perception of Religious Freedom Olga Breskaya and Giuseppe Giordan 8 Religious Freedom in Prisons: A Case Study from the Czech Republic Jan Váně and Lukáš Dirga PART 3 b>Politics and Policies on Religious Freedom 9 Organizations and Religious Restrictions: An International Overview of the Intersection of State and Non-Governmental Organizations and Religious Groups Dane R. Mataic and Kerby Goff 10 Religious Freedom between Politics and Policies: Social and Legal Conflicts over Catholic Religious Education in Italy, 1984–1992 Guillaume Silhol 11 The Measure of Cedaw: Religion, Religious Freedom, and the Rights of Women Barbara R. Walters 12 Religious Freedom and Religionization of World Politics: Views of EU Political and Religious Representatives Chrysa K. Almpani Index
