Encyclopedia Of Religious Freedom

Book Summary

This new volume in the highly acclaimed Religion and Society series continues the series' mission to delve into the cultural issues surrounding religious belief and religious institutions. From analyzing church and state relationships around the world to examining debates over toleration at various points in history, this unique reference gives readers a comprehensive overview from individual, worldwide, and historical perspectives of humankind's diverse and difficult struggles for religious freedom. Entries include: *14th Amendment * Augustine on Religious Coercion * Baptist Dissenters * Byzantine Empire * Christian Science * Connecticut, Colonial to Early Republic * Conscientious Objection, Pacificism * Creationism * Drugs in Religious Worship * English Revolution * Establishment, Separation of Church and State * Evangelization * Free Exercise * Falun Gong * Fundamentalist Politics and Religious Freedom Government * Funding of Religious Organizations * India * Inquisition * Investiture Controversy * Islam * Israel * Japan * Jews in Europe * Locke, Letter on Toleration * Medieval Islam * Mormons (LDS) * Native American Church * Native American Religions * New England, Colonial to Early Republic * New York, Colonial to Early Republic * Pakistan * Pentecostalism * Prisons * Quakers * Rastifari and Religious Freedom * Religious Test Oaths * Religious Tolerance * Roger Williams Debates * School Prayer and Discrimination * Scientology * Slaves * South Africa * State Churches * Tax Exemption and Political Advocacy * The Family/ Children of God *Tibet * UN Declaration on Discrimination * Unification Church * Vatican II * Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom * Waldensians * Williamsburg Charter * Zoning * And many more.

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