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Religion, Law, and Freedom A Global Perspective
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Joel Thierstein, Yahya R. Kamalipour
Foreword by Cees J. Hamelink
Book Code: C6452
ISBN: 0-275-96452-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96452-8
264 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/2000
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Highly recommended for collections supporting the study of mass and intercultural communications, political science, sociology, religion, journalism, and comparative studies. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
    —Choice
  • Wise media services will recognize the importance of dealing with perceptions, regardless of their own opinions as to whether the preception has a basis in truth. A careful reading of these volumes would be a great start toward dealing with those perceptions and acting to overcome them.
    —Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Description: Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective introduces readers to diverse perspectives on the interplay of religion, law, and communications freedom in different cultures around the world. Through discussion and analysis of the religious mores and cultural values that a nation adheres to, a greater understanding of that nation, its laws, and its freedoms can be cultivated. Rather than suggesting that harmony can be achieved without conflict, the essays in this volume seek to present the reader with a variety of perspectives from which to view and understand the relationships among religion, law, and freedom in various cultures. This multifaceted analysis, therefore, helps readers draw their own conclusions as to the best way to resolve cultural conflict brought about by the growing global community. The book consists of fifteen chapters, authored or coauthored by 17 international scholars representing China, Germany, Israel, Iran, Japan, Latvia, Nigeria, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The chapters are organized into four parts: Perspectives on Eastern and Western Religions; Press Freedom in Religious and Secular Societies; Journalism, Advertising, and Ethical Issues; and Religion, Politics, Media, and Human Rights. This important contribution will especially appeal to researchers and students in such fields as mass communications, legal studies, cultural studies, political science, religion, intercultural communications, international communications, and journalism.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Cees J. Hamelink
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Perspectives on Eastern and Western Religions
  • Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Freedom in America by Ron Manuto
  • Religion, Religious Expression, and the Law in the European Union by Manny Paraschos
  • Law and Religious Freedom in Medieval China: State Regulation of Buddhist Communities by Tanya Storch
  • Press Freedom in Religious and Secular Societies
  • The Problems of Press Freedom in Iran: From the Constitutional Revolution to the Islamic Revolution by Kazem Motamed-Nejad and Naiim Badii
  • The "Monkey Trial" in the Land of the Bible: Modern Techniques of Religious Censorship: The Case Study of Israel by Yehiel Limor and Hillel Hossek
  • Who Speaks for China? State Control Over Discourse on Opium by Alan Baumler
  • Pluralism and Prior Restraint on Religious Communication in Nigeria: Policy Versus Praxis by Bala Musa
  • Latvian Legal and Liturgical Legacy: First Transgressions and Turmoil, Then Technology and Tolerance by Riley Maynard
  • Journalism, Advertising, and Ethical Issues
  • Professional Ethics and Socio-Political Mobilization of Muslim Journalists: A Study of Communication, Ethics and the Islamic Tradition by Hamid Mowlana
  • Confucian Conflicts in Singaporean Advertising: A Case Study of the "Wonder Bra" Campaign by Linda K. Fuller
  • Religion, Politics, Media, and Human Rights
  • When Size Does Matter: How Church Size Determines Media Coverage of Religion by Michael J. Breen
  • Transcultural Communication and the Antinomy Between Freedom and Religion: A Comparison of Media Responses to the Rushdie Affair in Germany and the Middle East by Kai Hafez
  • Japanese Media, Religion and the Law by Dan Tinianow
  • Economic Liberalization and Political Conservatism as Reflected in China's Media Development (1978 - Present) by Guo Ke
  • Faith in Human Rights: Human Rights in Faith by Nazila Ghanea-Hercock
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-088506
LCC Class: BL65
Dewey Class: 291
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