The Price of Freedom Denied : Religious Persecution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521197058
ISBN-13
9780521197052
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 6th, 2010
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
570 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
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This book examines the extent and causes of contemporary religious persecution and conflict. Drawing on a new source of data and multiple case studies, its central argument is that when governments and groups in society restrict religious freedom, violent religious persecution and conflict increase.
The Price of Freedom Denied shows that, contrary to popular opinion, ensuring religious freedom for all reduces violent religious persecution and conflict. Others have suggested that restrictions on religion are necessary to maintain order or preserve a peaceful religious homogeneity. Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke show that restricting religious freedoms is associated with higher levels of violent persecution. Relying on a new source of coded data for nearly 200 countries and case studies of six countries, the book offers a global profile of religious freedom and religious persecution. Grim and Finke report that persecution is evident in all regions and is standard fare for many. They also find that religious freedoms are routinely denied and that government and the society at large serve to restrict these freedoms. They conclude that the price of freedom denied is high indeed.
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