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This volume examines the different and sometimes contradictory approaches of four UN human rights committees to the concept of religion. Drawing on critical perspectives from religious studies, the book combines a genealogical assessment of the role of religion in international law with a detailed textual study of the reporting practice of the committees monitoring racial discrimination, civil and political rights, women's rights, and children's rights. Årsheim argues that the role of religion within the rights traditions monitored by the committees varies to the extent that their recommendations risk contradicting one another, thereby undermining their credibility and potential to bring about real change on the ground: Where some committees view religion singularly as a core individual right, others see religion partly as an inherent threat to the realization of other rights, but also as a potent social force to be reckoned with. In order to remedy this situation, Årsheim proposes the publication of a joint general comment by all the committees, spelling out their approach to the role of religion in the implementation of human rights

This volume examines the different and sometimes contradictory approaches of four UN human rights committees to the concept of religion. Drawing on critical perspectives from religious studies, the book combines a genealogical assessment of the role of religion in international law with a detailed textual study of the reporting practice of the committees monitoring racial discrimination, civil and political rights, women's rights, and children's rights. Årsheim argues that the role of religion within the rights traditions monitored by the committees varies to the extent that their recommendations risk contradicting one another, thereby undermining their credibility and potential to bring about real change on the ground: Where some committees view religion singularly as a core individual right, others see religion partly as an inherent threat to the realization of other rights, but also as a potent social force to be reckoned with. In order to remedy this situation, Årsheim proposes the publication of a joint general comment by all the committees, spelling out their approach to the role of religion in the implementation of human rights

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

In 'Juridification of Religion?' Helge Årsheim and Pamela Slotte explore the extent to which developments currently taking place at the interface between law and religion in domestic, regional and international law can be conceptualized as instances of larger, multidimensional processes of juridification. The book relies on an expansive notion of juridification, departing from the narrower sense of juridificiation as the gradually increasing ?colonization of the lifeworld? proposed by Jürgen Habermas in his 'Theory of Communicative Action' (1987). More specifically, the book adapts the multidimensional notion of juridification outlined by Anders Molander and Lars Christian Blichner (2008), developing it into a more context-specific notion of juridification that is attendant to the specific nature of religion as a subject matter for law

Chapter 1. Introduction (Erlend H. From, Anne-Laure Zwilling, Helge Årsheim) -- Part 1 "From Above", The Role of State Entities in Governing Non-Religion -- Chapter 2. Is Non-religion a Religion? The Italian Legal Experience (Christiana Cianitto, Rossella Bottoni) -- Chapter 3. Does Creating Equal Protection, via Legislation, for 'Religion' and 'Belief' give some Protection for Non-Religious Beliefs? (Felicity Belton) -- Chapter 4. The Place of Nonbelief Studies in the Academic Study of Religion: Issues and Insights from Empirical Research with Scholars of Religion (Sofia Nikitaki) -- Chapter 5. Militant Atheism and the Italian Legal System (Francesco Alicino) -- Chapter 6. Rethinking Religion and Nonreligion in Collective Worship (Rachael Shillitoe) -- Part 2. "From Below", The Self-Understanding of Nones -- Chapter 7. Nonreligion, Changing Religious Landscapes and Living Well Together (Lori Beaman) -- Chapter 8. The Diversity of Nonreligion: Meaning-making, Activism and Towards a Theory of Nonreligious Identity and Group Formation (David Herbert and Josh Bullock) -- Chapter 9. Members Only: Nonreligion in Norwegian Politics, Law and Education (Erlend From) -- Chapter 10. Formatting Non-Religion and "Unformatting" Late Modern Society: From Public Recognition to Political Reform (Timothy Stacey) -- Chapter 11. Non-Religion as Religion-Related Discourse: An Empirical Invitation (Chris Cotter) -- Chapter 12. Greek Society in Transition: From Orthodox Christianity to Secularity? (Alexandros Sakellariou) -- Chapter 13. Secular Associations as Vectors of Integration and Production of Nonreligion in Contemporary Society. The Case of the League of Education (Anne Lancien).

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