Blasphemies compared. An overview

Stensvold, Anne

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“…Indeed, regulatory frameworks create opportunity structures, which shape the behavior of religious and religio-political actors (e.g., Soper and Fetzer 2007; Knill and Preidel 2015; Grzymala-Busse 2016). Moreover, current levels of regulation are often a target of political contestation (for the Danish cartoon controversy, see Lindekilde et al 2009; for religious buildings, see Green 2010; for blasphemy laws, see Stensvold 2020), for example, as majority and minority religious actors often have different preferences regarding regulation (e.g., Gill 1998, 2007). Finally, regulation also influences, directly or indirectly, the everyday life of the citizens (for religiosity, see Stark and Iannaccone 1994; for the operating of the majority religious groups, see Sarkissian 2015, Ch.…”

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Identification of Cross-Country Similarities and Differences in Regulation of Religion Between 2000 and 2014 with Help of Cluster Analysis

Ettensperger

Schleutker

2022

Politics and Religion

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Building on previous quantitative and qualitative research on cross-country differences and similarities in regulation of religion, this paper employs data for 2000 and 2014 from the third round of the Religion and the State project and uses various cluster analysis techniques to identify country clusters based on the form in which countries regulate religion. The analysis separates between democratic and authoritarian countries. We further study if and how the clustering of the countries changes depending on the employed indicators and the employed cut-off points in defining democracy and autocracy. Overall, the results demonstrate the potential and limits of empirical classifications. In addition to the methodological and descriptive contribution, the results are compared and contrasted with previous work on state-religion relationships.

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