Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism, and the Indian Supreme Court

by Ronojoy Sen

Book Overview

This book examines the relationship of religion and the Indian state and seeks to answer the question: 'How has the higher judiciary in Independent India interpreted the right to freedom of religion and in turn influenced the discourse on secularism and nationhood?' The author examines the tension between judgments that attempt to define the essence of religion and in many ways to 'rationalize' it, and a society where religion occupies a prominent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019948936X
• ISBN13: 9780199489367
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"