Rights and Relationships: Rhetorics of Religious Freedom among English Evangelicals
Abstract: 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...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Evangelical movement
/ Law
/ Relationstechnik
/ Religious freedom
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBF British Isles KDG Free church |
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| Summary: | Abstract: 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 subjectivity even in the absence of a personal experience with the pageantry of the court. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfz029 |