Presidential Address
Managing Religion and the Judicialization of Religious Freedom
James T. Richardson,
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James T. Richardson
Department of Sociology, University of Nevada
Correspondence should be addressed to James T. Richardson, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, MailStop 300, Reno, NV 89557, USA. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJames T. Richardson,
Corresponding Author
James T. Richardson
Department of Sociology, University of Nevada
Correspondence should be addressed to James T. Richardson, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, MailStop 300, Reno, NV 89557, USA. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorNote: A previous version of this article was presented as the Presidential Address at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Acknowledgments: The author thanks James Beckford, Roger Finke, and Eileen Barker for commenting on an earlier version of this article.
Abstract
Religious freedom is a highly valued goal for many citizens and political leaders around the world, especially in Western-oriented nations. Much ink has been spilled in defense of religious freedom and many have waxed eloquent about the virtues of promoting religious freedom. Most constitutions and other international documents around the world guarantee religious freedom even if those guarantees are sometimes honored in the breach. Why this focus on religious freedom is occurring and how it is being addressed are the focus of this article.
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