Management of Religious Diversity: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences across the World
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 741
Special Issue Editors
Interests: migration; Muslim in western countries; religion; identity
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: religion and politics; relationship between state and churches; studies on secularism and religious presence in the legal system
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Census data and scientific research show a growing pluralization of religious affiliations in our contemporary societies. Whether due to greater migratory flows or due to the dynamics of the religious field itself, there are numerous empirical evidence that reflect a greater heterogeneity of religious identities and a greater visibility of various religious expressions in the public space.
This scenario challenges the states in their policies to manage requests dealing with religious affairs, from building a new church, mosque or temple to introducing special dietary requirements in public schools to take into account religious identities; from opening up jails to priests, imams or monks to allows religious organizations to use public spaces for religious rites. In other words, this callout seeks discussions on how and to what extents the increasing religious pluralism (in some cases—such as Italy—due to migratory flows) requires states, at national or—more frequently— local levels to rethink the set of governmental devices—legal, symbolic, and practical—that public authorities put into play in their relationship with religious institutions.
This Special Issue invites papers on the management of religious diversity, mainly invoking studies that have researched the subject at a local level and/or advanced level in comparative studies.
It is interesting to reflect on the experiences of managing religious diversity in the institutional relationship between local/national administrations and religious organizations, as well as in the educational, health, penitentiary and labor spheres.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The management of religious pluralism
- Religious organizations and their relations with national and/or local administrations
- Religious and civic engagement
- Migrant religion and societal inclusion
- Faith, ethnicity and discrimination
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Roberta Ricucci
Prof. Dr. Juan Cruz Esquivel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- management of religious diversity
- state
- local level
- comparative studies
- integration
- discrimination
- religious minorities
