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I. Il problema politico.--II. Il problema filosofico.--III. Il problema morale. ; Mode of access: Internet.

'Religion' still occupies and maintains a position of formal and informal privilege in many current societies. It retains these privileges despite the increasing numbers of people who label themselves 'non-religious'. There is also evidence that overtly non-religious people are being persecuted due to the continuation of these privileges. This paper will examine such treatment of the non-religious in the context of human rights instruments and laws. It lays out the international law case for the rights of the non-religious. It also discusses the extent to which state actors have or have not ignored human rights standards in their persecution or deprivileging of non-religious people. This paper will proceed through a three-step analysis. Step 1 is to examine the aspirational Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in relation to the non-religious. The relevant sections of the UDHR and interpretations that they have received will be discussed. Step 2 is to do the same with the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Finally, Step 3 is to give examples of lower-level and local laws, where I shall examine the extent to which individual countries' laws and practices toward non-religious people support or contradict the treaty commitments that those countries have made. The continuation in coercion/persecution cases suggests that something is amiss with human rights protections being provided to the non-religious. If we are to create social structures that are more inclusive of the non-religious and to advocate for non-religious rights, it is necessary to examine the societal power and privilege still held by 'religion'. It is hoped that this article can inform and encourage further similar engagements among sociologists, religious studies scholars, activists and lay-people interested in the treatment of non-religious peoples.

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Religion and Law in Savigny. The subject is old and new at the same time. It's well known that the relation of law and religion in Savigny seems to be a central point in his system of law. But the relation itself and the more concrete consequences have not yet been investigated in the rather scattered sources. The study undertakes some first steps in this direction.
Inhalt: Einleitung, I. Christlich nach 1789, II. Religion und Recht bei Savigny: Quellenlage, III. Christliches im Recht bei Savigny, IV. Ergebnis

The rise of strident movements of religious nationalism seems to signal a resurgence of religion. But such movements can also be read as the last gasp of religiosity as it succumbs to the inevitability of secular globalization. Which is correct? Has religion revived, or is it in its death throes? Part of the issue is statistical: adherence to religion seems to be on the rise in some parts of the world (Islam in Africa, for instance), though on the decline in others (Christianity in Europe and increasingly in the United States) and under attack in China. But part of the issue is definitional: what is meant by religious adherence—social identity or metaphysical belief? Scholarly attempts to define religion are various, though an interesting new definition is provided by the late sociologist Robert Bellah, who described religion as "alternative reality." With that definition, one can posit that religiosity is a fundamental part of the creative imagination, a constituent of culture as certain as art or music. The question then becomes not whether religion will survive, but in what way it will survive. The popular religious choice of millennials, "none," may be consistent with the multicultural religiosity of the old Protestant liberals, a tradition now in decline. Liberal Protestants have not disappeared but have transformed into the bearers of a global morality and spiritual sensibility. Hence we may be witnessing the emergence of new forms of spirituality and ethical community that resonate with the alternative reality of traditional religious experience but that have no name and no organization. But these may become the global religion of the future.

Intro -- Magic Science Religion -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About this Book -- 1 Introduction -- 1 All or Nothing? -- 2 Kindness -- ASIDE: The Two-Million-Dollar Comma -- ASIDE: Sufficiently Magical Technologies -- ASIDE: Our Gods -- 3 Cruelty -- ASIDE: Ghostly Causality -- ASIDE: Durable Cruelties -- 4 Beginning, Again -- ASIDE: Chaos Invoked -- 5 The Freedom Not to Choose -- ASIDE: No Atheists in Foxholes -- ASIDE: Blake on Firm Perswasion -- ASIDE: Metafictional Magic: The Writer's Will -- ASIDE: Shapely Sentences -- ASIDE: Beckett Meets Twilight Zone, Glass-Half-Full Version -- 2 Complex Systems in a Nutshell -- 1 Horror Movie Reboot -- 2 Interpositivity -- ASIDE: Interpositivity -- 3 Becoming a System -- 4 Creatures of Light -- ASIDE: Transformative for Whom? -- ASIDE: Plant Sorcery -- 5 Tornados, Whirlpools, and Fires -- ASIDE: iii -- ASIDE: Co-evolution -- 6 Leveled -- ASIDE: On being born too early and dying too late -- ASIDE: Up Around the Bend -- 7 A Personifying Universe of Stretchy Things -- 8 Dynamism -- ASIDE: One Plus One Equals Infinity -- 9 Magic, but No Black Boxes -- ASIDE: The T-Shirt Version -- 10 Wildness -- ASIDE: Pet Resemblance via Social Theory -- 3 Magic by Example -- 1 Failed Magic: Modernist Heaven (and Hell) -- 2 Placebo Magic -- ASIDE: Pregnancy via Magic -- ASIDE: Following the Scent -- 3 Mirror Magic -- 4 Biting Game -- 5 Dog Whisperer -- 6 Conclusion -- 4 Future Perfect -- 1 The Gettysburg Address as a Magical Speech Act -- 2 Pool, Poetry, Prose, and Painting -- ASIDE: Dr. Livingston's Magical Bank-Shot Visualizer -- 3 Meteors, Messiahs, and Migraines -- ASIDE: On This Rock I Build My Church -- ASIDE: Falling Off a Log -- 4 Magical Militarism -- 5 Four Asides -- ASIDE: Dr. Livingston's Time Travel 101 -- ASIDE: A Somewhat Rationalizing Account of Mystical Nonviolence.

THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS AN IMPORTANT FOREIGN POLICY GOAL FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS BEGUN TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. IN FURTHER DEVELOPING ITS POLICY RESPONSES, WASHINGTON SHOULD EXPAND ITS CONCERNS, ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, HIGHLIGHT THE HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH, AND WORK WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.

The work of twenty-two scholars is brought together in this comparative study of the emerging relationships between religion and politics in India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Part I, "South Asia: Unity and Diversity," presents a comparative analysis of religio-political patterns in the three countries. Part II, "India: The Politics of Religious Pluralism," emphasizes the rich diversity of Indian religious life and its political consequences. Part III, "Pakistan: The Politics of Islamic Identity," is chiefly concerned with the political, ideological, and legal problems which Pakistan has faced. Part IV, "Ceylon: The Politics of Buddhist Resurgence," emphasizes the dramatic developments by which Buddhists have become deeply involved in politics. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905