{"product_id":"politics-of-religious-freedom-paperback","title":"Politics of Religious Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWinnifred Fallers Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a remarkably short period of time, the realization of religious freedom has achieved broad consensus as an indispensable condition for peace. Faced with widespread reports of religious persecution, public and private actors around the world have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. But what precisely is being promoted? What are the cultural and epistemological assumptions underlying this response, and what forms of politics are enabled in the process? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The fruits of the three-year Politics of Religious Freedom research project, the contributions to this volume unsettle the assumption-ubiquitous in policy circles-that religious freedom is a singular achievement, an easily understood state of affairs, and that the problem lies in its incomplete accomplishment. Taking a global perspective, the more than two dozen contributors delineate the different conceptions of religious freedom predominant in the world today, as well as their histories and social and political contexts. Together, the contributions make clear that the reasons for persecution are more varied and complex than is widely acknowledged, and that the indiscriminate promotion of a single legal and cultural tool meant to address conflict across a wide variety of cultures can have the perverse effect of exacerbating the problems that plague the communities cited as falling short.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinnifred Fallers Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. She is also an affiliated professor of law at Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Shakman Hurd\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Departments of Political Science and (by courtesy) Religious Studies at Northwestern University. \u003cb\u003eSaba Mahmood\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003cb\u003ePeter G. Danchin \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of law and director of the International and Comparative Law Program at the University of Maryland School of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454496948402,"sku":"9780226248509","price":68.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/973ad8046c0bdcd31e049e8a26c7854e_26e06b61-65c4-4bc9-a5df-122de76cba2f.webp?v=1778852591","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/politics-of-religious-freedom-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}