Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India

Informationen zum Autor Laura Dudley Jenkins Klappentext Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India argues that, although the right to religious freedom is enshrined in India's constitution, mass conversions to minority religions have complicated the practice of this right, which is increasingly invoked to restrict, rather than defend, the freedoms of minorities and women. Zusammenfassung Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India argues that! although the right to religious freedom is enshrined in India's constitution! mass conversions to minority religions have complicated the practice of this right! which is increasingly invoked to restrict! rather than defend! the freedoms of minorities and women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Religious Freedom and the Right to Convert PART I. MOBILITY Chapter 1. Mass Movement Christians: Religious and Social Mobility Chapter 2. Ambedkarite Buddhists: Religious and Political Mobility Chapter 3. Mizo Jews: Religious and Spatial Mobility PART II. IMMOBILITY Chapter 4. Prosecution: Anticonversion Legislation Chapter 5. Prevention: Losing Affirmative Action Chapter 6. Persecution: The Love Jihad Rumor Conclusion. A More Equal Freedom Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Laura Dudley Jenkins
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780812250923
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5092-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education