... religion valuable and worthy of protection – its enactment by its practitioners in pursuit of what they affirm to be of exceeding value. That religious freedom is a human right is a matter of justice and alone will not resolve manifold questions that arise in the world’s courts. Should religious practice...

...David R Hodge • Religious freedom is a frequently misunderstood concept, but it has long been recognised as fundamental human right that protects each individual’s understanding of metaphysical reality. • Article 18 of the United Nations’ (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides...

... believers when their religious liberty is burdened. In making a case for a more paradigmatic understanding of religion, this article draws attention to existential data from which practical insight into the good of religion arises. Religious Freedom Practical Reason Exemptions * Lecturer...

... of religion but also continues to resonate with contemporary debates about religious freedom and human rights. ³ Yet as many studies have shown, religious conversion has historically been as political, or public, as it has been internally spiritual, or private. ⁴ It is for this reason...

.../open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) Abstract Religious freedom in the United States is negotiated in local conflicts arising from proposals from religious groups to municipalities in order to use or alter land and buildings. This study examines 116 cases of zoning conflict...

... to offer little to no guidance as to when religious freedom claims justify refusal of services to specific classes of people more generally. The case was decided on the narrowest of bases: some members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in deliberations about the case, expressed anti-religious...

... of religious pluralism and religious freedom, which called for political and legal equality between Christian denominations but simultaneously excluded religious minorities, especially Jews and Muslims. First, the article shows how the crisis of the 1930s, especially Nazism’s promise to unite the two...

..., and tendentious ways) to questions of law and policy related to issues of profound human and moral significance, such as abortion, marriage and sexual morality, and assisted suicide and euthanasia. Peter Simpson Liberalism anti-perfectionism religious freedom It goes without saying, though John Finnis has...

... with a price. The state is often expected to favor the established religion and to regulate religious and cultural competitors. Gill's propositions and the work of others suggest that when states form alliances with select religion(s), restrictions on religious freedoms will increase. Measuring...

... by attitudes from across the ideological spectrum of American society. There is, however, a potentially fruitful remedy at hand: the U.S. policy of promoting international religious freedom. Properly refurbished and energized, that policy could dramatically increase the capacity of American diplomacy...

...In the United States, the headscarf debate has received less public attention than in Europe and Turkey. Although the majority is Protestant, many religious practices are freely exercised and enjoy wide acceptance, as the Constitution contains a particularly liberal approach to religious freedom...

... discourse of universal religion came to shape the politics of religious freedom in India. Brahmo Samaj Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli religion Semiticization of Hinduism thesis universal religion Vedanta Vivekananda Swami Ganga Prasad Gurudatta Pt national religion Satyarth Prakash world religions Max...

... of the New World prior to emigrating to the United States in 1844. It then examines his growing esteem for American religious freedom and its effects on the nation's social and political life — effects that he frequently contrasted with the prevailing European system of ‘state-churchism...

..., and they were pleasantly surprised when Virginia, prompted by Thomas Jefferson's Statute for Religious Freedom, seemed to embrace some Baptist truth by striking down establishment. Francis Asbury dreamed that Methodists could stay neutral, truly separating religion from unholy matters, but he suffered when John...

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... (United States) Civil Rights Act 1964. . . . 92, 203 Freedom of Religious Organizations. First Edition. Jane Calderwood Norton. @ Jane Calderwood Norton 2016. Published 2016 by Oxford University Press. 1 1 Introduction Religious freedom is now widely accepted as fundamental to any liberal democracy...

... being reprinted today. With the decline of the Sunni Mughal empire in the eighteenth century the principality of Awadh around Lucknow emerged as an important Shia stronghold. Later, Shias benefited from British rule, which guaranteed religious freedom for all denominations, and many members of the Shia...

...This chapter examines various theological, specifically Christian, justifications for religious freedom. The contemporary acceptance of religious freedom owes comparatively little to Christian theology. A series of overlapping convictions comprise the contemporary Christian case for freedom...

... democracy. Contemporary notions of religious freedom then are ones that have been indubitably shaped by liberal attitudes to religion, faith communities, and the call of conscience. The discussion then shifts to the building blocks of liberal theory — personal autonomy, equality, a public-private divide...