Ensuring Liberties
Understanding State Restrictions on Religious Freedoms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2287721 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Finke (0000-0002-6158-4869, Department of Sociology and Criminology Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Robert R Martins (0000-0002-2045-5470), Robert R Martin (Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Southeastern Louisiana University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 687-705 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jssr.12148 |
| OpenAlex | W1509597812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 50 |
Promises of religious freedoms have become the standard in national constitutions. Yet, despite these assurances, religious freedoms are routinely denied. Combining new data collections with expanded theoretical explanations, this research explores how dimensions of governance and measures of the religious economy contribute to government restrictions on religion. Consistent with recent work on the judicialization of politics, we find that the absence of an independent judiciary is an important predictor of government restrictions on religious freedoms, whereas free elections and government effectiveness are insignificant in our full models. Consistent with the religious economy theory, we find that social restrictions and government favoritism toward a religion(s) are persistent predictors of the government's restrictions. Although the proportion of the population Muslim holds a strong bivariate association with government restrictions (r = .57), the relationship is reduced to insignificance in our full models. We briefly discuss the implications of these findings
Economics · Government (linguistics) · Insignificance · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Positive economics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 43 |
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| Citations per year | 3,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |