宗教的自由の社会学 A Sociology of Religious Freedom

著者名：Breskaya, Olga/Giordan, Giuseppe/Richardson, James T.

Oxford University Press（2024/09/13発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780197533819
• eISBN：9780197533833

Description

In recent years, the relevance of religious freedom has spread well beyond academia, becoming a reference point for international relations, multi-level policy development, as well as interfaith negotiations. Meanwhile, scholarship on religious freedom has flourished on the boundaries of sociology, law, comparative politics, history, and theology. This book presents a systematic sociological analysis of religious freedom, bringing together classical sociological theories and empirical perspectives developed during the last three decades. It addresses three major questions involved in any sociology of religious freedom. First: considering its complex and controversial nature, how can religious freedom be defined? Second: what are the recurrent sociological conditions and relevant social perceptions that will foster an understanding of religious freedom in varying political, legal, and socioreligious contexts? And third, what are the mechanisms of social implementation of religious freedom that contribute to making it a fundamental value in a society? Olga Breskaya, Giuseppe Giordan, and James T. Richardson suggest that a sociological definition of religious freedom requires us to take into account historical, philosophical, legal, religious, and political considerations of a given society-and that the social dimensions of religious freedom are as important as the legal ones.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Toward A Sociology of Religious FreedomChapter 2: Sociology, Human Rights and Religious FreedomChapter 3: Elements of Sociology of Religious FreedomChapter 4: Social Construction of Religious Freedom in Legal SystemsChapter 5: The Judicialization of Religious Freedom: Theoretical ConceptsChapter 6: Sociology of Religious Freedom in the Legal Systems of Europe and the United StatesChapter 7: Measuring Religious FreedomChapter 8: Social Perceptions of Religious FreedomChapter 9: The Future of Religious FreedomAppendix 1. Measures of religious freedom employed in international empirical studies and research hypothesesAppendix 2. Model of research for Social Perceptions of Religious Freedom (SPRF)BibliographyGlossary of Sociology of Religious Freedom