Managing Religion in a Global World: The United Nation's ruling against Norwegian Religious Education

In 2004, after a group of parents supported by the Norwegian Humanist Association and the Norwegian Islamic Council brought litigation against the state to the United Nations (UN), the mandatory teaching of religious education (RE) in Norway was found to be in violation of the Human Rights Codes of...

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Main Author: Thomas, Paul (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2015
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 201-217
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