Book contents
- Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods before Me
- Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods before Me
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Government-Based Religious Discrimination
- 3 Societal Discrimination
- 4 Support, Regulation, and Religious Regime as Causes of GRD in the Muslim World
- 5 Non-Orthodox Christian-Majority Democracies in the West and Europe
- 6 Orthodox, Buddhist, and Communist States
- 7 The Rest 1
- 8 The Rest 2
- 9 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Societal Discrimination
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2020
- Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods before Me
- Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods before Me
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Government-Based Religious Discrimination
- 3 Societal Discrimination
- 4 Support, Regulation, and Religious Regime as Causes of GRD in the Muslim World
- 5 Non-Orthodox Christian-Majority Democracies in the West and Europe
- 6 Orthodox, Buddhist, and Communist States
- 7 The Rest 1
- 8 The Rest 2
- 9 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Much of the literature on human rights in general and religious freedom in particular focuses on how governments restrict religious freedom and human rights. Yet nonstate actors are often responsible for frequent and severe discrimination. Rodney Stark and Katie Corcoran (Chapter 2, government-based religious discrimination (GRD) is also very common. So it is perhaps more accurate to say that these “civilian warriors” are working in parallel to or in some cases in conjunction with their governments. This complex relationship between SRD and GRD is a recurring theme throughout this book.
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- Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods before MeWhy Governments Discriminate against Religious Minorities, pp. 56 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020