Problematizing Religious Freedom

• Main Author: Sharma, Arvind (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Global Justice, 9
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Religion.; Political science.; Ethics.; Religion > Philosophy.; Philosophy of Law.; Religious Studies, general.; Philosophy of Religion.; Political Science.

The central claim of this book is that although the concept of religious freedom as a human rights concept is emblematic on the one hand, the concept is also problematic on the other, that its implications are far from self-evident despite the ready acceptance the term receives as embodying a worthw...

Table of Contents:

• Part I
• Introduction
• What is Religion?
• What is Religion: The Historical Context
• What is Religion: The Legal Context
• What is Religious Freedom?
• The Possibility of Religious Freedom
• Part II
• The Concept of Religion in World Religions and the Corresponding Concept of Religious Freedom
• The Anticipation of Religious Freedom in World Religions
• Attitudes to Conversion in World Religions
• Religions: Missionary and Non-missionary
• Religions: Eastern and Western--The Case for an Asian Understanding of Religion
• Religious Freedom and Proselytization: A Case
• Study of  Christian Missions
• Native American Religious Freedom
• Conclusion.