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By Rex Ahdar, Ian Leigh

ISBN-10: 0199606471

ISBN-13: 9780199606474

Studying the legislation and public coverage in relation to non secular liberty in Western liberal democracies, this ebook incorporates a particular research of the heritage, intent, scope, and boundaries of non secular freedom from (but now not limited to) an evangelical Christian point of view. Focussing on uk, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and european, it experiences the interplay among legislation and faith at numerous assorted degrees, taking a look at the most important debates that experience arisen.

Divided into 3 elements, the ebook starts by means of contrasting the liberal and Christian rationales for and understandings of spiritual freedom. It then explores critical thematic matters: the categories of constitutional frameworks in which any correct to non secular workout needs to function; the different types of paradigmatic relationships among geared up faith and the country; the which means of 'religion'; the restrictions upon person and institutional non secular behaviour; and the household and overseas criminal mechanisms that experience developed to handle non secular behavior. the ultimate half explores key topic parts the place present spiritual freedom controversies have arisen: employment; schooling; parental rights and childrearing; controls on pro-religious and anti-religious expression; scientific remedy; and non secular staff (church) autonomy.

This re-creation is totally up-to-date with the becoming case legislations within the region, and contours elevated insurance of Islam and the flashpoint debates surrounding the lodging of Muslim ideals and practices in Anglophone international locations.

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79 xxx Table of Statutes South Africa Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 s 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 s 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,188, 194 Switzerland Penal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 United States Bill of Rights First Am .

137 European Union Employment Directive 2000/78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 369, 457 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 Art 18(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126, 129, 134–6, 273, 376–7 Art 18(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,134 Art 18(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 269 Art 18(4) .

247, 346, 411 Civil Rights Act 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346, 359, 363, 365, 392 Equal Access Act 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Gay Civil Rights Act (Mass) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Religious Freedom Restoration Act 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406, 411 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act 2000 .

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