The Religion of Law - Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2013)

How is religion, particularly non-Christianness, conceptualised and represented in English law? What is the relationship between religion, race, ethnicity and culture in these conceptualisations? What might be the socio-political effects of conceptualising religion in particular ways? This book addresses these key questions in two areas of law relating to children. The first case study focuses on child welfare cases and reveals how the boundaries between race and theological notions of religion as belief and practice are blurred. Non-Christians are also often perceived as uncivilized but also, at times, racial otherness can be erased and assimilated. The second examines religion in education and the increasing focus on 'common values'. It demonstrates how non-Christian faith schools are deemed as in need of regulation, while Christian schools are the benchmark of good citizenship. In addition, values discourse and citizenship education provide a means to 'de-racialise' non-Christian children in the ongoing construction of the nation. Central to this analysis is a focus on religion as a socio-political, contingent, fluid and invented concept.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	S. Jivraj
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	195
Edition:	1st Ed. 2013
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-02927-0
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Social security & welfare law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children
LSN:	1-137-02927-7
Barcode:	9781137029270

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