Negotiating Religious Freedom in India and Malaysia: Electoral Politics, Transreligious Alliances, and Cross-cutting Identities
This paper examines the complex set of challenges and opportunities Christian minorities in India and Malaysia encounter as they negotiate with the state over laws and regulations that limit their religious rights. In exploring the legal framework that governs freedom of religion in both contexts an...
| Published in: | The review of faith & international affairs |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2020]
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| In: |
The review of faith & international affairs
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion CH Christianity and Society KBM Asia NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
transreligious alliances
B religious rights B Malaysia B Religious Freedom B Christian minorities B India B electoral politics |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the complex set of challenges and opportunities Christian minorities in India and Malaysia encounter as they negotiate with the state over laws and regulations that limit their religious rights. In exploring the legal framework that governs freedom of religion in both contexts and by comparing religious rights cases, I illustrate how cross-cutting identities both complicate and support religious rights claims and call attention to the complexity of religious rights claims and outcomes. I find that windows of opportunity in the form of electoral politics and transreligious alliances offer Christian minorities alternate pathways to negotiate with the state. |
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| ISSN: | 1931-7743 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2020.1795443 |