The Social Equality of Religion or Belief

1. Introduction: The Social Equality of Religion or Belief
Alan Carling

Part I. Religion, Equality and the Law

2. The Problem of ‘Belief’
Yvonne Sherwood

3. Religious Freedom and Anti-discrimination in Europe and the US: Generally Applicable Laws and Possible Exceptions
Iain McLean, Scot Peterson

4. The Equality Paradigm in Warner v. Boca Raton: Winnifred Sullivan and The Impossibility of Religious Freedom
Peter Gottschalk

5. Proportional Prayers: Social Equality in the Scottish Parliament?
Norman Bonney, Alan Carling

6. Habermas and Rawls on Democracy, Reason and Faith
David West

Part II. Religious Identity Amongst Others

7. The Social Equality of Religion or Belief: A Critique
Edward Reiss

8. Muslim Identity, Psychic Detachment and Universal Rights
Rumy Hasan

9. Religion and Caste in the UK: Reflections on Hindu and Sikh Fundamentalist Mobilisations
Pragna Patel, Sukhwant Dhaliwal

10. Religion and Ethnicity: The Status of Jews in UK Law
Dan Cohn-Sherbok

Part III. Separation and Establishment

11. Political Liberalism, Separation and Establishment
Cécile Laborde

12. The Church of England’s Hold over Marriage: The Queer Case for Disestablishment
Neil Cobb

13. The 2008 Concordat in Brazil: ‘Modern Public Religion’ or Neo-corporatism?
Lidyane Maria Ferreira Souza

14. The Bloating of the Constitution: Equality and the US Establishment Clause
Marc O. DeGirolami

15. The Limits of Canada’s Commitment to State Neutrality in Religious Matters
Richard Moon

Keywords: Religious Studies, Religion and Society, Philosophy of Religion, Social Aspects of Religion, Social Philosophy