Cristin-resultat-ID: 1447463
Sist endret: 23. mars 2018, 11:02
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2017
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2017

Religious Liberty for Whom? The Buddhist Politics of Religious Freedom During Myanmar’s Transition to Democracy

Bidragsytere:
  • Iselin Frydenlund

Tidsskrift

Nordic Journal of Human Rights
ISSN 1891-8131
e-ISSN 1891-814X
NVI-nivå 2

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2017
Publisert online: 2017
Volum: 35
Hefte: 1
Sider: 55 - 73
Open Access

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Norart-ID: 1700614847
Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85015166906

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Tittel

Religious Liberty for Whom? The Buddhist Politics of Religious Freedom During Myanmar’s Transition to Democracy

Sammendrag

Myanmar's democratisation entailed political liberalisation and legal reform, but contrary to liberal expectations, also further restrictions on the right to religious freedom. This article examines four laws that were passed by the President and the Parliament in 2015 in order ‘to protect race and religion’. The laws seek to regulate marriages between Buddhist women and non-Buddhist men, to prevent forced conversions, to abolish polygamy and extra-marital affairs, and to promote birth control and family planning in certain regions of the country. The laws were passed in great part due to mobilisation of certain sections of the Buddhist monastic order. This article investigates the rationale behind the laws and how Buddhist activists succeeded in their legal agenda.

Bidragsytere

Aktiv cristin-person

Iselin Frydenlund

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn
  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for kulturstudier og orientalske språk ved Universitetet i Oslo
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