Dennis P Petri
Biographic Data
| ID | 1199911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis P Petri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis P |
| FAMILY NAME | Petri |
| SIGNATURE | PETRI D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Twitter (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7473-2576 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religious Freedom for Whom? Ecclesiocentrism in the Design and Implementation of Colombia’s Public Policy on Religious Freedom
Colombia’s Comprehensive Public Policy on Religious Freedom and Worship (PPRF), adopted in 2018, made the country the first in Latin America to allocate public funds and a dedicated administrative structure to the promotion and protection of religious freedom. This article offers an academic evaluation of the policy’s formulation and early implementation from a public policy perspective, based on a qualitative documentary analysis triangulating o…
Government Religion Policy and Religious Freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1990 and 2023
The study of religion and politics in Latin America has traditionally emphasized the historical dominance of the Catholic Church and the region’s reputation as one heavily shaped by religion, while popular and casual observers continue to assume that Western liberal democracies set the benchmark for religious tolerance. The cross-national literature on government religion policy in the region, however, remains fragmented, heavily case-based, and …
Subnational Divergence in Religious Freedom
This study assesses the extent to which national-level indices of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) fail to capture subnational variation in FoRB-related violence in Latin America. Drawing on the Violent Incidents Database, which documents state and non-state FoRB-related violence from 2017 to 2024, we compare these empirical events with national-level indices such as Pew's Government Restrictions Index, the Social Hostilities Index, and V-Dem…
The Politics of Costa Rica
Invisible exodus
The purview of the current study is to estimate the religious affiliation of Nigerian displaced persons, specifically to assess the number of internally displaced Christians. Although official data sources such as the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) do not disaggregate internally displaced persons (IDPs) by religion, a growing…
Measuring What Matters
External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
Indigenous Peoples in Latin America face a dual challenge of social vulnerability and violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Representing 8% of the region's population yet disproportionately affected by poverty, displacement, and health disparities, these communities also endure persistent religious discrimination-a challenge historically overlooked in policy and scholarship. This article advances the understanding of FoRB violations…
Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations
In recent years, numerous cross-country data collection instruments measuring freedom of religious or belief (FoRB) violations have become available. These have provided important insights, not least of which being the steady increase in religious discrimination across the globe. At the same time, the country-level focus of extant datasets often obscures subnational variation and leaves open important questions about the mechanisms driving FoRB v…
The Tyranny of Religious Freedom Rankings
In this essay, I discuss three areas where I’ve identified problems with religious freedom datasets and how they are used by academics and policymakers. First, I discuss the implications of the problematic ways in which religious freedom rankings are being used. Second, I argue that religious freedom violations that can only be observed at the subnational level tend to be overlooked by religious freedom datasets. Finally, I stress the importance …
Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations
In recent years, numerous cross-country data collection instruments measuring freedom of religious or belief (FoRB) violations have become available. These have provided important insights, not least of which being the steady increase in religious discrimination across the globe. At the same time, the country-level focus of extant datasets often obscures subnational variation and leaves open important questions about the mechanisms driving FoRB v…
The Tyranny of Religious Freedom Rankings
In this essay, I discuss three areas where I’ve identified problems with religious freedom datasets and how they are used by academics and policymakers. First, I discuss the implications of the problematic ways in which religious freedom rankings are being used. Second, I argue that religious freedom violations that can only be observed at the subnational level tend to be overlooked by religious freedom datasets. Finally, I stress the importance …
External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
Indigenous Peoples in Latin America face a dual challenge of social vulnerability and violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Representing 8% of the region's population yet disproportionately affected by poverty, displacement, and health disparities, these communities also endure persistent religious discrimination-a challenge historically overlooked in policy and scholarship. This article advances the understanding of FoRB violations…
The Tyranny of Religious Freedom Rankings
In this essay, I discuss three areas where I’ve identified problems with religious freedom datasets and how they are used by academics and policymakers. First, I discuss the implications of the problematic ways in which religious freedom rankings are being used. Second, I argue that religious freedom violations that can only be observed at the subnational level tend to be overlooked by religious freedom datasets. Finally, I stress the importance …
Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations
In recent years, numerous cross-country data collection instruments measuring freedom of religious or belief (FoRB) violations have become available. These have provided important insights, not least of which being the steady increase in religious discrimination across the globe. At the same time, the country-level focus of extant datasets often obscures subnational variation and leaves open important questions about the mechanisms driving FoRB v…
The Politics of Costa Rica
Invisible exodus
The purview of the current study is to estimate the religious affiliation of Nigerian displaced persons, specifically to assess the number of internally displaced Christians. Although official data sources such as the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) do not disaggregate internally displaced persons (IDPs) by religion, a growing…
Measuring What Matters
External and Internal Threats to the Freedom of Religion or Belief of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
Indigenous Peoples in Latin America face a dual challenge of social vulnerability and violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Representing 8% of the region's population yet disproportionately affected by poverty, displacement, and health disparities, these communities also endure persistent religious discrimination-a challenge historically overlooked in policy and scholarship. This article advances the understanding of FoRB violations…
Religious Freedom for Whom? Ecclesiocentrism in the Design and Implementation of Colombia’s Public Policy on Religious Freedom
Colombia’s Comprehensive Public Policy on Religious Freedom and Worship (PPRF), adopted in 2018, made the country the first in Latin America to allocate public funds and a dedicated administrative structure to the promotion and protection of religious freedom. This article offers an academic evaluation of the policy’s formulation and early implementation from a public policy perspective, based on a qualitative documentary analysis triangulating o…
Government Religion Policy and Religious Freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1990 and 2023
The study of religion and politics in Latin America has traditionally emphasized the historical dominance of the Catholic Church and the region’s reputation as one heavily shaped by religion, while popular and casual observers continue to assume that Western liberal democracies set the benchmark for religious tolerance. The cross-national literature on government religion policy in the region, however, remains fragmented, heavily case-based, and …
Subnational Divergence in Religious Freedom
This study assesses the extent to which national-level indices of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) fail to capture subnational variation in FoRB-related violence in Latin America. Drawing on the Violent Incidents Database, which documents state and non-state FoRB-related violence from 2017 to 2024, we compare these empirical events with national-level indices such as Pew's Government Restrictions Index, the Social Hostilities Index, and V-Dem…
Religion and Society Interactions (6 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Latin Americans (4 works) · Religion and Society in Latin America (4 works) · Freedom of Religion (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (2 works)