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This paper uses evangelical reflections on the meaning of "rights" to explore the juridification of religion in contemporary England. Drawing on sixteen months of participatory fieldwork with evangelicals in London, I argue that English evangelicals' critiques of Christian-interest litigation reflect the interaction of local theologies with developments in the law's regulation of religion, developments that have contributed to the relativization of Protestant Christianity even as historic church establishment is maintained. Through an exploration of the tension between the goals of (rights-based) individualism and (Christian) relationalism as they concern the law, I show how litigation can affect religious sub-jectivity even in the absence of a personal experience with the pageantry of the court.

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- Human Rights Law, Human Rights, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Christianity

У статті наведено результати дослідження правосуб’єктності релігійних організацій, виявлених їх особливостей, а також викладено пропозиції щодо вирішення проблем, які виникають при практичній реалізації релігійними організаціями своєї правосуб’єктності. Встановлено, що спеціальна правосуб’єктність релігійних організацій передбачає, що діяльність таких організацій
визначаться і обмежується метою їх створення. Обґрунтовано, що релігійні організації можуть володіти на праві власності різним майном, у тому числі культового характеру, а також отримати таке майно у користування. Водночас проблема повернення церкового майна чи виплати за нього справедливої компенсації залишається актуальною. Саме тому на рівні держави необхідно розробити чіткий план, що передбачав би ґрунтовний аналіз майна, яке підлягає поверненню релігійних організацій, із зазначенням конкретних часових рамок повернення або виплати компенсації.

The submission argues that the Australian government’s proposed laws on religious discrimination appear to tend towards prioritising religious interests and to some extent business interests, and to diverge from the interests of workers... more

- by Dr Dorothea Anthony
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- Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, Right to Religion

U N I V E R S I T Y H O U S T O N of Professor Marcilynn A. Burke Copyright©2005 Marcilynn A. Burke All rights reserved. Provided for student use only. The First Amendment: Free Speech & Freedom of Religion • Advertising and Information Dissemination • Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego • Church and Worship Regulation • Tien Tao Association, Inc. v. Kingsbridge Park Community Association, Inc. • Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah

- by Marcilynn Burke
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- Law, Political Science, Freedom of Religion, Free Speech
- by Alan E . Johnson
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- Freedom of Religion, Baptism, John Calvin, Separation of Church and State

Terence McKenna argued that sovereignty over one’s consciousness is the next great civil rights struggle after sexism, racism, and homophobia. “Coming out” about one’s psychedelic identity, interests, and/or experiences is an important part of redefining the public perception of psychedelics and of those who choose to experience their effects. Even non-using “allies” (comparable to LGBTQ allies) can join the conversation in supportive roles. In light of the shifting legal status of psychoactive plants and chemicals, what might it mean to identify as psychedelic in a post-prohibition world?

- by Neşe Devenot
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- Critical Theory, Comparative Literature, Queer Studies, Self and Identity

This Dictionary of Freedom of Religion or Belief is published by the Astronist Institution through its imprint press Astral Publishing and will stand as the third entry in the Institutional Reference Works series. This Dictionary of Freedom of Religion or Belief provides a vast selection of terms covering all areas of religious liberty advocacy, the history of freedom of religion, human rights violations effecting religious freedom, current affairs and the mechanisms that the United Nations and other key organisations have put in place to ensure religious and belief freedoms are protected for every human being around the world. Compiled by Cometan, this dictionary follows on from the Concise Dictionary of Astronism (First Edition; 2020) and The Institutional Dictionary of Astronism (First Edition; 2021).

The case of Lautsi v. Italy, better known as the “Crucifix Case,” is a particularly significant case. Its significance is not only political and legal, but also religious. Never before in the history of the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe has a case raised so much public attention and debate. The debate regarding the legitimacy of the symbol of Christ’s presence in Italian schools is emblematic of the cultural crisis in Western Europe regarding religion. Twenty-one State parties to the European Convention on Human Rights, in an unprecedented move, joined Italy to reassert the legitimacy of the public display of Christian symbols in European society. The Court finally recognized, in substance, that in countries of Christian tradition, Christianity enjoys a special social legitimacy that distinguishes it from other philosophical and religious belief systems. In other words, because Italy is a country of Christian tradition, Christian symbols may legitimately enjoy greater visibility in Italian society than other religious or ideological symbols.

- by PUPPINCK Gregor
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- Human Rights Law, Human Rights, Law and Religion, International Human Rights Law

This report discusses the impact of freedom of religion in Australia on Jewish women. Freedom of religion is
a human rights principle, concerned with the relationship between the State and religious belief and
practice. The operation of the law must, to be consistent with the principle of freedom of religion,
maximise the right of the individual to engage with his or her spirituality and to live within a community of
like-minded worshippers, while ensuring that the fundamental values of Australian liberal democracy are
maintained. Australian law and policy strives to provide ample space for diverse religious practice, at the
same time as protecting the community from the threats posed by religious extremism and religiously
motivated terrorism.

- by Melinda Jones and +1
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- Gender Studies, Freedom of Religion, Feminism, Marriage and Divorce

This study explores the formation of legal regulation of the institute of chaplaincy in Ukraine. It includes an analysis of the stages of development of its regulation in the last thirty years. A number of topical issues were analyzed among others, the need to ensure the right to freedom of conscience and religion to every citizen in a diverse religious environment. There is a need for state financial support of chaplains in the Armed Forces. It should be raised the obligation to ensure equal satisfaction of the religious needs of believers of all confessions without discrimination in the conditions of the Ukrainian and Russian war and influences from the Russian Federation.

- by Tetyana Karabin and +1
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- Religion, Public Relations, Freedom of Religion, Chaplaincy

A rare and lost preface to Animal farm; novella written by George Orwell. This preface better known as Freedom to Press was written by Orwell himself and It gives equal cult to the topic which Orwell tried to heed on. I just edited it... more

- by Abhi Sharma
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- Russian Studies, Academic Freedom, George Orwell, Freedom of Religion
- by Gianmaria Zamagni
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- Canon Law, Natural Law, Philosophy Of Law, Freedom of Religion

Dit artikel gaat in op de wijze waarop aan de VU rechtsfilosofisch onderwijs wordt verzorgd, aan de hand van een analyse van de aan het begin van deze eeuw gevoerde rechtszaken met betrekking tot de toelating van vrouwen op de kandidatenlijsten van de politieke partij SGP in het licht van conflicterende grondrechten als het non-discriminatie-beginsel, het passief kiesrecht, de vrijheid van vereniging en de vrijheid van godsdienst.

- by Wouter Veraart
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- Political Parties, Diversity, Freedom of Religion, Equality and Diversity

Conscientious objection has become a pervasive and controversial phenomenon in contemporary democracies, which are far from having provided for the same legal solutions to it. Sometimes, individuals refusing to meet certain obligations on the grounds of conscience are punished just as any offender. Sometimes, they are accommodated either by being exempted from the obligation at issue or by being given the option to perform an alternative service. In some legal systems, they are entitled to receive special treatment only if the legislature has provided for so, whereas in other countries courts can eventually accommodate them even though that is not the case. The present paper analyzes these and other possible legal solutions to conscientious objection by employing and developing the standard economic model of law enforcement. The paper also discusses some potential extensions.
Keywords: law enforcement, criminal law, constitutional law, human rights, freedom of conscience and religion, conscientious objection.

This study examines whether 169 states follow three types of religion clauses in their constitutions. The presence of these clauses (based on an independent data collection) is compared to the religious discrimination and religious... more

- by Jonathan Flores
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- Religion and Politics, Political Science, First Amendment Law (USA), Politics

Toleration plays a central role in debates about the accommodation of religious beliefs and practices in liberal democracies. This chapter addresses one such debate, which concerns whether liberal societies ought to tolerate discriminatory practices when, or even because, they are performed by religious associations and institutions. After briefly discussing some recently canvassed arguments in support of tolerating discrimination by religious associations, it turns to the question of how political communities might establish the limits to this form of toleration, a question so far neglected by philosophers. One reason why a tolerant state might refuse to allow religious associations to discriminate is to 1

- by Andrew Shorten
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- Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Discrimination, Freedom of Religion

Klauzula sumienia sędziego? -analiza z zakresu filozofii politycznej, filozofii prawa oraz prawa pozytywnego.

Financing of Churches in Italy

- by Li-ann Thio 张黎衍
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- Law and Religion, Freedom of Religion, Apostasy

One of the important achievements of humanity, has been the modernist approach to the concept of religion and its transformation from a full-fledged government policy into a personal inherently faith. The right to freedom of religion is among the fundamental human rights identified and protected in international and regional human rights documents; However, it should be acknowledged that, firstly, due to its quiddity and its legal nature, in the international arena is conditional on the acceptance of the governments, and secondly, the approach of different states towards it, is different depending on the political, social and cultural conditions that govern them. This right in Europe is protected by the European Convention on Human Rights and its collateral entity, the European Court of Human Rights. In this study in addition to reviewing the international obligations of States in the field of the protection of religious freedom, we intend to assess, practice of court in the field of elimination of religious intolerance and determination of territory of the right to freedom of religion. Because religious intolerance is one of the earliest causes of international conflict, the benchmarking of the European Court of Action's practical approach can be effective in reducing conflicts and promoting international and regional peace and security.

Reviews "Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: Images that inspire a nation" by Stuart Murray and James McCabe (Berkshire House, 1993; Grammercy, 1998). Nearly every Norman Rockwell coffee table book includes his famous "Four Freedoms" paintings. Most tell the basic story behind the works-how the artist was inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt's State of the Union speech of 1941, how he sought without success to find sponsorship by a government agency, and how the paintings were originally published in four issues of Saturday Evening Post magazine in 1943. This generously illustrated volume by Stuart Murray and James McCabe tells a much more complete-and much more fascinating-story. The book also includes the four essays published with the four paintings when they appeared in the Saturday Evening Post magazine in 1943 -- by Booth Tarkington, Carlos Bulosan, Stephen Vincent Benet, and Will Durant -- and five more essays by John Frohnmayer, Theodore H. Evans, James MacGregor Burns, Brian Urquhart, and William J. vanden Heuvel.

- by Donald M Bishop
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- Human Rights, Fascism, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech

Child education and religious freedom

- by David Durisotto
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- Family Law, Law and Religion, Freedom of Religion, Children and Religion

Public Diplomacy is much about communication, advocacy, and appeals. D-Day, June 6, 1944, and President Roosevelt's radio prayer to the American people allow us to take a professional look at public communication on “The Longest Day.” The President was heard by as many as 100 million Americans. He sought a full engagement of the nation’s deepest values and religious emotions.

- by Donald M Bishop
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- Public Diplomacy, Freedom of Religion, Speech Communication, World War II

This paper re-elaborates the report presented at the international Conference on “Non-Believers’ Europe: Model of Secularism, Individual Statues, Collective Rights” - held at the European Parliament and the Leopold Hotel in Brussels (22-23 March 2018) - whose proceedings will be published in the collection edited by ORIOLI, entitled Non-Believers’ Europe: Model of Secularism, Individual Statues, Collective Rights (Roma, Nessun Dogma, forthcoming 2018).

- by Marco Croce
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- Atheism, Law and Religion, Freedom of Religion, New Atheism

La libertà religiosa occupa ampi spazi negli ordinamenti europei a livello sia nazionale che sovranazionale, quale libertà fondamentale dell’uomo, garantita nelle sue diverse forme di espressione. Essa si inserisce nel processo di integrazione europea, da un lato, quale diritto fondamentale tutelato dalla CEDU e, dall’altro, quale elemento che si interseca con il diritto dell’Unione europea e ne permea alcuni aspetti. Con il tempo, la giurisprudenza di Strasburgo acquisisce una crescente consapevolezza delle problematiche legate alla libertà religiosa, nelle sue diverse forme di manifestazione; i giudici ampliano la propria sfera di intervento su temi che riguardano in modo diretto le esperienze di vita delle persone, fino a toccare gli aspetti più problematici della libertà di manifestare la propria religione. Il testo si sofferma sugli approdi della giurisprudenza della Corte di Strasburgo e dell’attività degli organi dell’Unione europea, evidenziando come i sistemi di tutela della libertà religiosa offerti dalle istituzioni europee delineino un quadro di protezione di tale diritto fondamentale che risulta essere particolarmente condizionato dalle peculiarità degli ordinamenti sovranazionali europei. Nell’insieme, sia i principi di competenza e sussidiarietà che caratterizzano l’Unione europea, sia gli obiettivi della Corte di Strasburgo, impegnata a garantire un’applicazione uniforme della CEDU e, allo stesso tempo, a rispettare le diversità nazionali, finiscono per condizionare non poco le possibilità e il grado di tutela della libertà religiosa che possono essere offerti dalle istituzioni europee.

- by David Durisotto
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- Law and Religion, Freedom of Religion, European Union, European Union Law

I diritti di riproduzione e di adattamento anche parziale della presente opera (compresi i microfilm, i CD e le fotocopie) sono riservati per tutti i Paesi. Le riproduzioni totali, o parziali che superino il 15% del volume, verranno perseguite in sede civile e in sede penale presso i produttori, i rivenditori, i distributori, nonché presso i singoli acquirenti, ai sensi della L. 18 agosto 2000 n. 248. È consentita la fotocopiatura ad uso personale di non oltre il 15% del volume successivamente al versamento alla SIAE di un compenso pari a quanto previsto dall'art. 68, co. 4, L. 22 aprile 1941 n. 633. Printed in Italy Stampato in Italia MARCO CROCE LA SCUOLA PUBBLICA E LA SCUOLA PRIVATA SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa. -2. Il dibattito costituente. -3. Il dibattito dottrinale. -4. La giurisprudenza. -5. La tardiva e problematica attuazione della parità scolastica. -6. Conclusioni: un'altra parità è possibile? -7. Nota bibliografica.

This article focuses on the issue of reasonable accommodation in the workplace and offers some explanations for the different positions of the two European Supranational Courts. The author considers whether the non-discrimination standards of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) are similar or show difference in cases of alleged discrimination on grounds of sex, race, and/or religion in employment. With regard to reasonable accommodation of religious garments at the workplace, an incident of multiple and intersectional discrimination, it is argued that unlike the ECtHR, the CJEU may be more audacious in its assessment if the core interest of employment calls for better protection. As a result, conflicting judgments may come forth by the two Supranational Courts, which would affect legal certainty.

Una straordinaria e rara tesrimoninaza della resistenza di una giovane ebrea ai tentativi di conversione e di battesimo nella Casa dei catecumeni di Roma nel Settecento. Il diario testimonia la lunga e difficile storia dei rapporti tra ebrei e cristiani ed è di grande attualità nel richiamare alla riflessione i temi della libertà religiosa e di espressione e del rispetto dei diritti umani.

- by Marina Caffiero
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- Freedom of Religion, Renaissance Rome, Diary, Forced Baptism
- by PIOTR STANISZ
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- Freedom of Religion, Church and State, Religious Assistance

‫ﻓﻬﺮس‬ ‫اﻷدﯾﺎن‬ ‫إزدراء‬ ‫ﻗﻮاﻧﯿﻦ‬ ‫ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ ‫واﻟﺘﺨﻔﯿﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﻌﺘﻘﺪ‬ ‫ﺣﺮﯾﺔ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ً ‫دﻓﺎﻋ‬ 2 ‫اﻷدﯾﺎن‬ ‫ازدراء‬ ‫ﻣﺼﻄﻠﺢ‬ للإسلام تراث طویل في التسامح وحریة الفكر والنقاش، حتى في المواضیع الأساسیة للإیمان. لا یمكن
للكلام في شأن المعتقد والإیمان بالدین ألا یستخدم تعابیر وأقوال قد تستفز الآخر فیرى فیها كفرًا. لكن رد
الإسلام على الاستفزاز یرتكز على الروحانیة والكرامة والغفران. فثمة حاجة ماسة الیوم إلى أن یعود تراث
الانفتاح والرحمة إلى البلدان والمجتمعات ذات الأكثریة المسلمة، لا سیما نظرًا إلى مقدار العنف الناتج عن
التعصب الدیني.
‫ﺗﻌﺮﯾﻒ‬ ‫ﺻﻌﻮﺑﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ .1 2 ‫اﻷدﯾﺎن‬ ‫ازدراء‬ ‫ﻗﻮاﻧﯿﻦ‬ ‫ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺋﻌﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﺳﺎءة‬ .2 3 "‫اﻟﺪﯾﻦ‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ ‫إﻛﺮاه‬ ‫"ﻻ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺮآﻧﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﺒﺪأ‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ .3 4 ‫ﺻﺤﯿﺢ‬ ‫ﻏﯿﺮ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻹﻛﺮاه‬ ‫اﻹﺳﻼم‬ .4 4 ‫اﻷدﯾﺎن‬ ‫ازدراء‬ ‫م‬ ّ ‫ﺗﺠﺮ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫اﻹﺳﻼﻣﯿﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﯾﻨﯿﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﺼﺎدر‬ .5 5 ‫وﯾﻌﺎﻗﺒﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﻘﺪﺳﺎت‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻧﯿﺲ‬ ‫ﻋﻠﻰ‬ ‫ﯾﺤﻜﻢ‬ ‫وﺣﺪه‬ ‫اﷲ‬ .6 6 ‫واﻟﻌﻘﯿﺪة‬ ‫اﻟﺪﯾﻦ‬ ‫أﻣﻮر‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ ‫واﻟﺠﺪال‬ ‫اﻟﻨﻘﺎش‬ ‫ﺣﺮﯾﺔ‬ ‫ﻋﻠﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺮآن‬ ‫ﻣﻨﻬﺞ‬ ‫ﯾﺤﺚ‬ .7 6 ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺘﺴﺎﻣﺢ‬ ‫اﻻﺳﺘﻔﺰاز‬ ‫ﻣﻮاﺟﻬﺔ‬ .8 8 ‫ﺧﺎﺗﻤﺔ‬ 10 ‫اﻟﺮدة‬ ‫ﺑﺘﻬﻤﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﻋﺪام‬ ‫ﺣﻜﻢ‬ ‫ﺣﻮل‬ ‫اﻟﻮﺳﻄﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺮون‬ ‫ﻓﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺮﯾﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﺗﻔﺴﯿﺮ‬ :‫اﻷول‬ ‫اﻟﻤﻠﺤﻖ‬ 11 ‫اﻟﻤﻌﺘﻘﺪ‬ ‫وﺣﺮﯾﺔ‬ ‫اﻹﺳﻼم‬ ‫ﺣﻮل‬ ‫ﺗﻌﻠﯿﻖ‬ : ‫اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﻠﺤﻖ‬ 15 ‫اﻟﻔﻜﺮﯾﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﻠﻜﯿﺔ‬ 17 1

- by Usama Hasan
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- Religion, Islamic Law, Arabic, Religious Pluralism

The article studies freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as one
of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The author analyses Article 9 of European convention on protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Article 18 of International covenant on Civil and political rights, decisions on UN Human Rights Committee and European court on human rights and expresses her opinion on restrictions on freedom of religion.

Some ten years ago in 2005 I made some remarks on the Internet about art and how art was not appreciated in today’s world for what the artists actually were endeavoring to express in their works. I was speaking more about ancient art;... more

- by William John Meegan
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- Christianity, Buddhism, Art, Indian studies
- by Rafael Palomino Lozano
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- Law and Religion, Freedom of Religion, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech

After having outlined the peculiarities of Vatican City State's nature, this paper examines the development of its financial law, starting with the Monetary Convention with European Union. The Holy See from 2009 makes a serious effort to adjust its law to the current needs of an increasingly globalised market. This results in a profound change in the Vatican international relations, which were previously mainly addressing Italy, in order to satisfy the territorial and material needs of a small State. Today Vatican City State has agreed to be subject to periodic controls on its financial system by international bodies. It has developed a system of international relations and it integrates into the global financial market transparency system.

- by David Durisotto
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- Law and Religion, Freedom of Religion, European Union Law, Anti-money laundering

Transgenderism is a religious belief (ideology) and enforcement of it by the State violates the First Amendment.
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
The attempt to force a transgender ideology upon schools and governments is a violation of the First Amendment in three ways.
First, it is an attempt to establish a religion. Transgenderism is a belief that is not upheld by science. A person claims to be transgender by identification, which is a mental or emotional attachment to an idea. The person who claims to be a female, but is in fact a male, is denying the scientific fact of biology, genetics and DNA. Whatever they may “feel,” it does not make it a fact or true.
Second, the attempt to force others to conform to some complex forms of “politically correct” speech, is a violation of the second clause by prohibiting the free exercise of religion, as well as third, suppressing the freedom of speech by refusing to allow people to speak correctly of scientific facts, but forces them to verbally uphold an ideology or religion.

- by Jefferis Peterson
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- Medical Sciences, Anthropology, Secular Humanism, Religion and Politics