Latin American Perspectives on Law and Religion

1. Front Matter

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2. Latin American Perspectives on Law and Religion: An Introduction

   • Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves

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3. Law and Religion in the Encounter of Cultures: The Normative Conflicts Between Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

   • Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves

   Pages 5-34

4. Secular or Multi-confessional, that Is the Question: Tensions Within the Argentinean Protestantism During the Religious Freedom Act Negotiations

   • Juan Martin Vives

   Pages 35-46

5. The 2017 Proposed Law on Religious Freedom for Argentina: Comparative Perspectives

   • Juan G. Navarro Floria

   Pages 47-72

6. Secular State and Religious Education in Public Schools: The Brazilian Case

   • Jayme Weingartner Neto

   Pages 73-94

7. Religious Intolerance in Brazil: An Analysis of the Social Reality

   • Alexandre Brasil Fonseca

   Pages 95-115

8. Mexican Law of Religion at 28 Years of the Constitutional Reform on Religious Matters

   • María Concepción Medina González

   Pages 117-143

9. Colombia as a Secular State

   • Vicente Prieto

   Pages 145-164

This book makes a valuable contribution to the fascinating global debate on the meaning and scope of freedom of religion or belief and the relations between state, society and religion. It offers a cross-thematic approach to law and religion from the Global South. 
Law and religion have been consolidated to form a specific area of study in recent years. However, due to language barriers, most of the regional and national debates within Latin America have not been accessible to interested audiences from other parts of the world. Despite the specificities of the Latin American context, the issues, arrangements and processes that have been negotiated and developed in this part of the Global South make a valuable contribution to addressing the challenges that have arisen in other regions. The book analyses the intersections and interactions between religion and other far-reaching subjects such as politics and democracy, traditional cultures, national and ethnic groups,majorities and minorities, public education, management of diversity, intolerance and violence, as well as secularism and equality. The collection of essays is of interest not only to legal scholars and practitioners, but also to sociologists, political scientists and theologians, as well as to policymakers and civil society organizations.

• Law and Religion
• State and Religion
• Freedom of Religion and Belief
• Separation of Church and State
• Equality and Non-discrimination
• Secularism
• Intolerance
• Religion and Indigenous Rights
• Religious Education in Public Schools
• Religious Organizations

“This book contains a unique collection of essays from seven outstanding Latin American scholars who specialize in religious freedom and in the relationship between religion and politics, and religious freedom. … I highly recommend this book to any scholar interested in gaining a better normative and empirical understanding of the legal implications of religion in Latin America. It may also be useful for scholars with a different geographical focus … .” (Dennis P. Petri, IJRF, International Journal for Religious Freedom, Vol. 15 (1-2), 2022)

• Brazilian Center for Studies in Law and Religion, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil

  Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves

Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves is Professor of Law at the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil) and the Leading Researcher of the Brazilian Center for Studies in Law and Religion. His research interests include international human rights law, law and religion, and constitutional law. He was an Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford. Rodrigo has been invited to speak at national and international events around the world, including the OHCHR and OAS. He is a member of the ICLARS and CLLR research networks.

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