This book challenges the modern myth that tolerance grows as societies become less religious. The myth inseparably links the progress of toleration to the secul

In Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost, Vyacheslav Karpov and Rachel L. Schroeder demonstrate how Russia went from persecuting believers to jailing critics of religion an

This book proposes an interdisciplinary methodology for developing an intercultural use of law so as to include cultural differences and their protection within

Offers fresh perspectives on the relationship between secularization, tolerance and democracy through a theoretically informed look at South Asian politics.

Why does secularization proceed differently in otherwise similar countries? Secular Conversions demonstrates that the institutional structure of the state is a