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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Religious freedom"”.
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Religious freedom a continuing debate: Christmas in the public school curriculum
Call number: LD2668 .R4 EDCI 1988 G34
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Religious freedom a continuing debate: Christmas in the public school curriculum
Call number: LD2668 .R4 EDCI 1988 G34
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Human Rights in Postcommunism: Discourse and Parties in the Development of Religious Freedom
Most accounts of religious life in the region rest on the consensus that religion, where it is infused with a national character, is an institution that can be linked by elites to the nation (and prop up an 'established' church model of church-state relations) or be divested of its national …
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Accepting the Unacceptable: Trinity Western University, Religious Freedom, and the Meaning of Liberal Constitutionalism
… has significant implications for the law of religious freedom in Canada. This thesis posits a conceptual distinction between two types of public benefit: public licences and public mandates. This distinction is animated by the principles of 1) tolerance and 2) respect for individual …
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Roman Catholic Hegemony and Religious Freedom : a Seventh-day Adventist assessment of Dignitatis Humanae.
Roman Catholic Hegemony and Religious Freedom sets forth the "Catholic hegemony" thesis, meaning the Church applies Dignitatis Humanae in different ways, depending upon extant political and religious conditions in a given country, --- in some cases to maintain its hegemony, and in others to …
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Politics of religious diversity: toleration, religious freedom and visibility of religion in public space
… anxiety about the visibility of religion and religious diversity in public space. Visibility in public space is a measure of sociability: expressions of identity in public space attest to a public recognition as well as integration of this identity into cultural transcendences. This visibility …
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The paper tiger and its predecessors: An ethnologic history of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act has proven to be a terrible disappointment for the Indians all across the country. This act presupposed an analogy between Native American ceremonial practices and Euro-American religions, but Native American ceremonies involve a broader range social …
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The Restoration of Religious Freedom: Joseph Smith’s Evolving Understanding of the United States Constitution, 1830-1844
… States, Joseph Smith desperately yearned for religious freedom. I argue that Joseph Smith understood religious freedom as a theological doctrine given by God to help individuals, communities, and nations discover how to balance order and diversity. Rather than being a product of democratic …
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From Religious Freedom to Indigenous Sovereignty: The Case of Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)
… High Country) that was considered central to the religious practice of three local American Indian nations. The Court admitted that “It is undisputed that the Indian respondents’ beliefs are sincere and that the Government’s proposed actions will have severe adverse effects on the practice of …
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Tribunals, Trials, and Tribulations: The Impact of Administrative Law on Religious Freedom in the Supreme Court of Canada
… of rights. Through an analysis of s. 2(a) (freedom of religion) cases under the Charter, this dissertation argues that administrative law has had a deep, and largely unrecognized, role in shaping how the Court interprets and applies the Charter. I suggest that the Court’s increasing …
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Religious freedom as a practice of the nation: religious minorities, Islamic revival and the emergence of defensive inclusion in Turkey
… millet system produced a pre-modern form of religious pluralism until the rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century although non-Muslim minorities were second-class subjects to Muslims. After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the emergence of modern Turkey as a “nationalizing state” …
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Liberdade religiosa da criança: recepção do constitucionalismo do Direito internacional dos Direitos humanos no Brasil
… deals with the perspective given to children's religious freedom in international human rights law and its reception in the Brazilian legal system. This freedom is conferred based on the understanding of the child as a subject of law, but parents are granted the choice of religious education in …
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Freedom of Religion and the headscarf: a perspective from international and comparative constitutional Law
… ban on wearing a headscarf breaches the right to freedom of religion, as such right is universally understood. It describes the ambit of the right to freedom of religion by examining the theoretical justification and importance of the right and thereafter analysing how the right is recognised in …
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Conversion and Apostasy: Egypt in Premodern and Modern Times
… Egypt and the impact of personal status laws on religious freedom. By bridging the gap between pre-modern and modern Egypt, the paper aims to provide a deeper understanding of the complexity of these issues and promote religious freedom and tolerance in Egyptian society. The paper serves as a …
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Η ΘΡΗΣΚΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΜΟΥΣΟΥΛΜΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΙΟΝΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΚΑΙ ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΑ ΣΤΗ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΘΡΑΚΗ (ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΩΣ ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΥ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΕΩΣ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ)
… OF THE REGULATING FRAME THAT ADMINISTERED THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF THE MOSLEM MINCRITY IN GREECE FROM ITS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE TILL NOW. SPECIAL EMPHASES IS GIVEN TO SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS OF THE MOSLEM MINORITY OF WESTERN THRACE WHICH MOREOVER CONSTITUTES THE STATUS …
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The french influence in New England
… Chapitre 3: "Political Liberty", Chapitre 4: "Religious Freedom", Chapitre 5: "Territorial Expansion", Chapitre 6: "Influential Pioneers", Chapitre 7: "Accomplishments and Versatility".
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Islam, Christianity, Traditional Religions and Power Politics in Northern Nigeria Since Pre-Islamic Period
<p>Problem</p> <p>Currently in Northern Nigeria, religious interaction among the three major religious traditions, Islam, Christianity, and African Traditional Religion, is marred by violent religious conflicts. Also, competing concepts of religious legitimacy, which appeal to the historical …
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Respecting Citizens, Protecting Capabilities: the Role of the State in a Liberal Society
… often violated or overlooked. In order to grant religious freedom, liberal states often permit discriminatory and oppressive practices. Martha Nussbaum maintains that a balance must be struck between the protection of individual rights and the protection of religious freedom. She suggests the …
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It's our country and it's our cathedral : Sajūdis and the Lithuanian Catholic Church.
… of Lithuanian history and the importance of religious nationalism for Lithuania's popular independence movement. This dissertation argues that the relationship between Sajūdis and the Lithuanian Catholic Church was essential, intentional, and mutually beneficial. Sajūdis' relationship with …
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