Latin American Perspectives on Law and Religion

Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves is Professor of Law at the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil) and the Leading Researcher of the Brazilian Center for Studies in Law and Religion. His research interests include international human rights law, law and religion, and constitutional law. He was an Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford. Rodrigo has been invited to speak at national and international events around the world, including the OHCHR and OAS. He is a member of the ICLARS and CLLR research networks.

“This book contains a unique collection of essays from seven outstanding Latin American scholars who specialize in religious freedom and in the relationship between religion and politics, and religious freedom. … I highly recommend this book to any scholar interested in gaining a better normative and empirical understanding of the legal implications of religion in Latin America. It may also be useful for scholars with a different geographical focus … .” (Dennis P. Petri, IJRF, International Journal for Religious Freedom, Vol. 15 (1-2), 2022)

• Ch. 1 Latin American Perspectives on Law and Religion: An Introduction.- Ch.2 Law and religion in the encounter of cultures: The normative conflicts between freedom of religion or belief and the rights of indigenous peoples in Latin America.- Ch.3 Secular or multi-confessional, that is the question: Tensions Within the Argentinean Protestantism During the Religious Freedom Act Negotiations.- Ch.4 The 2017 Proposed Law on Religious Freedom for Argentina: comparative perspectives.- Ch.5 Secular State and religious education in public schools: the Brazilian case.- Ch.6 Religious intolerance in Brazil: An analysis of the social reality.- Ch.7 Mexican Law of Religion at 27 years of the constitutional reform on religious matters.- Ch.8 Colombia as a Secular State.