Adjudicating Religious Intolerance: Afro-Brazilian Religions, Public Space, and the National Collective in Twenty-First-Century Brazil
Allegations of religious intolerance push courts to deliberate on questions that are constitutive of the problem space of secularism. In addition to legal opinions on the character and scope of religious freedom vis-à-vis conflicting rights, these arbitrations result in authoritative statements on w...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Berghahn
[2019]
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Religion and society
Año: 2019, Volumen: 10, Número: 1, Páginas: 92-110 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Culto afrobrasileño
/ Libertad de religión
/ Intolerancia
/ Esfera pública
/ Secularismo
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AD Sociología de la religión AZ Nueva religión KBR América Latina |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
national collective
B Law B Public Space B Religious Intolerance B Brazil B Afro-Brazilian religions B Public Religion B Secularism |
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| Sumario: | Allegations of religious intolerance push courts to deliberate on questions that are constitutive of the problem space of secularism. In addition to legal opinions on the character and scope of religious freedom vis-à-vis conflicting rights, these arbitrations result in authoritative statements on what constitutes religion, how it may inhabit public space, and, ultimately, what interests and values underpin the national collective. This article analyzes three high-profile court cases alleging religious intolerance against Afro-Brazilian religions that were tried in Brazil during the first two decades of the 2000s. It demonstrates how at this time of rapid religious transformation the adjudication of such cases acted as a key site for the Brazilian legal establishment to redefine the place of religion in the broader context of rights and laws that regulate religion in public spaces. |
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| ISSN: | 2150-9301 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Religion and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3167/arrs.2019.100108 |