The Social Equality of Religion or Belief

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction: The Social Equality of Religion or Belief

   1. Introduction: The Social Equality of Religion or Belief

      • Alan Carling

      Pages 1-48

3. Religion, Equality and the Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49

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   2. The Problem of ‘Belief’

      • Yvonne Sherwood

      Pages 51-67

   3. Religious Freedom and Anti-discrimination in Europe and the US: Generally Applicable Laws and Possible Exceptions

      • Iain McLean, Scot Peterson

      Pages 68-79

   4. The Equality Paradigm in Warner v. Boca Raton: Winnifred Sullivan and The Impossibility of Religious Freedom

      • Peter Gottschalk

      Pages 80-91

   5. Proportional Prayers: Social Equality in the Scottish Parliament?

      • Norman Bonney, Alan Carling

      Pages 92-106

   6. Habermas and Rawls on Democracy, Reason and Faith

      • David West

      Pages 107-120

4. Religious Identity Amongst Others

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. The Social Equality of Religion or Belief: A Critique

      • Edward Reiss

      Pages 123-136

   3. Muslim Identity, Psychic Detachment and Universal Rights

      • Rumy Hasan

      Pages 137-149

   4. Religion and Caste in the UK: Reflections on Hindu and Sikh Fundamentalist Mobilisations

      • Pragna Patel, Sukhwant Dhaliwal

      Pages 150-165

   5. Religion and Ethnicity: The Status of Jews in UK Law

      • Dan Cohn-Sherbok

      Pages 166-179

5. Separation and Establishment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Political Liberalism, Separation and Establishment

      • Cécile Laborde

      Pages 183-199

   3. The Church of England’s Hold over Marriage: The Queer Case for Disestablishment

      • Neil Cobb

      Pages 200-215

   4. The 2008 Concordat in Brazil: ‘Modern Public Religion’ or Neo-corporatism?

      • Lidyane Maria Ferreira de Souza

      Pages 216-225

   5. The Bloating of the Constitution: Equality and the US Establishment Clause

      • Marc O. DeGirolami

      Pages 226-238

   6. The Limits of Canada’s Commitment to State Neutrality in Religious Matters

      • Richard Moon

      Pages 239-250

6. Back Matter

   Pages 251-279

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Some countries, like the UK, give special recognition by the state to one or a few religions; other countries, like France and the US, give recognition to none. This book is about a new approach that gives equal recognition to all religions and non-religious belief systems.

• democracy
• John Rawls
• Jürgen Habermas
• law
• religion
• religious belief
• religion and society

“It is a welcome and commendable addition to the literature and theorization of the role and place of religion in the public sphere. … Carling’s introduction provides a very comprehensive survey that many will find useful … . I would certainly commend it as a useful addition to the literature … .” (Paul Hedges, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, March, 2017) 

“This edited collection originated from a set of conference presentations on the theme of ‘equality of religion or belief’ … . It is therefore a very diverse collection of papers, covering the status of a variety of religious minorities in the United Kingdom as well as issues from several other countries. … This compilation of articles and the framework established by Alan Carling are a valuable addition to the discourse on religious freedom.” (Janet Epp Buckingham, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 59 (3), 2017)

• The University of Bradford, UK

  Alan Carling

Dr. Alan Carling trained in mathematics and political science, and taught social sciences at the University of Bradford, UK. His publications related to social inequality and social change include Social Division (1991), and (with Marie Macey) Ethnic, Racial and Religious Inequalities (2011). Alan is involved with a number of community initiatives in Bradford.

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