Compulsory reading:
Reports and articles:
- Sauer C. (2019). Alarm Bells Against Discrimination: What global surveys and country comparisons on persecution are helpful for. Professorship for Religious Freedom and Research on Persecution of Christians, Discussion Texts 2, 18 January 2019.
- Swedish Mission Council (2010). What freedom of religion involves and when it can be limited.
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), CCPR General Comment NO. 22: Article 18 (Freedom of Thought, Conscience or Religion)
- United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (art. 18 and 27) (art. 18 and 27)
Videos:
- Jonathan Fox and Jocelyne Cesari on Political Secularism, Religion, and the State
- Putting religious freedom back on the map | Allen Hertzke | TEDxOU
- The numbers of religious freedom: Brian J. Grim at TEDxViadellaConciliazione
Further reading:
- Fox J. (2018). An Introduction to Religion and Politics: Theory and Practice, 2nd New York: Routledge.
- Habermas J. (2006). Religion in the Public Sphere. European Journal of Philosophy 14(1): 1-25.
- Petersen M.J. & Marshall K. (2019). The International Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief. Copenhagen: The Danish Institute for Human Rights.
- Petri D.P. & Visscher F. (2015). Revisiting Sphere Sovereignty to Interpret Restrictions on Religious Freedom. Philosophia Reformata 80(1): 99-122.
- Petri D.P. (2020). The Specific Vulnerability of Religious Minorities (Doctoral dissertation). Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit. Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
- Pew Research Center (2018). Global Uptick in Government Restrictions on Religion in 2016. Washington DC: Pew Research Center.
- Smith C. (2017). Religion What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- US Department of State (2019). 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- World Watch Research (2020). World Watch List 2020. Harderwijk: Open Doors International.
