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Banning Black Gods - Danielle N. Boaz

Banning Black Gods

Law and Religions of the African Diaspora
Buch | Softcover
242 Seiten
2022
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-09452-6 (ISBN)
CHF 69,55 inkl. MwSt
Banning Black Gods is a global examination of the legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced African-derived religions in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo. Examining court cases, laws, human rights reports, and related materials, Danielle N. Boaz argues that restrictions on African diaspora religious freedom constitute a unique and pervasive form of anti-Black discrimination.

Emphasizing that these twenty-first-century cases and controversies are not a new phenomenon but rather a reemergence of colonial-era ideologies and patterns of racially motivated persecution, Boaz focuses each chapter on a particular challenge to Black religious freedom. She examines issues such as violence against devotees, restrictions on the ritual slaughter of animals, limitations on the custodial rights of parents, and judicial refusals to recognize these faiths as protected religions. Boaz introduces new issues that have never been considered as a question of religious freedom before—such as the right of Palo Mayombe devotees to possess remains of the dead—and she brings together controversies that have not been previously regarded as analogous, such as the right to wear headscarves and the right to wear dreadlocks in schools. Framing these issues in comparative perspective and focusing on transnational and transregional issues, Boaz advances our understanding of the larger human rights disputes that country-specific studies can overlook.

Original and compelling, this important new book will be welcomed by students and scholars of African diaspora religions and discerning readers interested in learning more about the history of racial discrimination

Danielle N. Boaz is Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Africana Religions
Zusatzinfo 1 Charts
Verlagsort University Park
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 367 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Verfassungsrecht
ISBN-10 0-271-09452-4 / 0271094524
ISBN-13 978-0-271-09452-6 / 9780271094526
Zustand Neuware
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