Articles of Faith

Sen, Ronojoy:
Articles of Faith : religion, secularism, and the Indian Supreme Court / Ronojoy Sen. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xli, 237 S. - (Law in India series)
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Chicago, Univ., Diss., 2005 unter dem Titel Legalizing religion : the Indian supreme court and homogenization of the nation
ISBN 978-0-19-806380-3 / 0-19-806380-6
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Beschreibung
Understanding the role of religion in society and the effect of judicial intervention on a country's polity is vitally important today. This study focuses on the Indian Supreme Court's interpretation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and its influence on the discourse of secularism and nationalism.
   Understanding the role of religion in society and the effect of judicial intervention on a country's polity is vitally important today. This study focuses on the Indian Supreme Court's interpretation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and its influence on the discourse of secularism and nationalism.
   This incisive work looks at how the Indian approach to secular governance is at variance with that of other secular democracies. It shows how the Supreme Court has over the years defined and demarcated religion, religious freedom, practices, and organizations. The volume addresses several important questions: what interpretative traditions and legal doctrines have the courts developed in their judgments involving freedom of religion? How have the courts defined Hinduism and who qualifies as a Hindu? How have the courts decided what is ‘essential' to religion, and hence entitled to constitutional protection? Have the courts been true to the vision of the framers of the constitution? [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
1. Introduction
2. Defining Religion: The Supreme Court and Hinduism
3. The Doctrine of Essential Practices: The Judges Shape a Rational Hinduism
4. In the Name of God: Regulating Religion in Elections
5. Good Citizens: Religion and Educational Institutions
6. Boundaries of Faith: The Court and Conversion
7. Imposing legal Uniformity: The Court and Muslim Minority Rights
8. Judging Religion: A Nehruvian in Court
9. Conclusion
Bibliography

Autor

RONOJOY SEN is Senior Assistant Editor, The Times of India. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, D.C., and the East-West Center, Washington.

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