International Perspective on Indigenous Religious Rights

Claude Gélinas, Ph.D. (Anthropology, 1998), is a full-time Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. He is a founding member of the Société, Droit et Religions (SoDRUS) research center and has published several monographs and articles in the field of indigenous studies. Sébastien Lebel-Grenier, Ph.D. (Law, 2002), is Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop's University. He is a founding member of the Société, Droit et Religions (SoDRUS) research center and has published in the field of constitutional law and fundamental rights. Raphaël Mathieu Legault-Laberge, Ph.D. (Religious Studies, 2014), is Adjunct Professor at the University of Sherbrooke. He has published several monographs and articles in the field of Anabaptist and contemporary religious studies, including Quatre essais d'anthropologie des religions (PUL, 2022).

• ForewordIntroductionClaude Gélinas, Sébastien Lebel-Grenier and Raphaël Mathieu Legault-LabergeThe Pachamama, the Trojan Horse of an Indigenous Ontological Diplomacy at the Convention of Biological Diversity?Ingrid HallSpiritual, Religious or Cultural? Religion and Sámi Human Rights in the Nordic CountriesHelge ÅrsheimIndigenous Religious Rights in IndiaVirginius XaxaAustralia Has Failed to Protect the Religious Rights of Its Indigenous PeopleErnst WillheimKanak Custom and Ancestral Culture in Colonial ContextFrançois FéralThe Ainu Struggle for Sovereignty and Religious FreedomTakeshi KimuraIndigenous Religious Rights in the United StatesAllison M. DussiasThe Colonial Overtones of Indigenous Religious Rights in CanadaClaude GelinasThe Fundamental Right to Freedom of Religion for Indigenous Peoples in Chile: Intersections with Territorial Rights and Cultural IntegrityLeslie CloudExploring the Historical Impact of Colonialism on Indigenous Religious Rights in NigeriaAbiodun Akeem OladitiRecognition and Denial of Indigenous Religious Rights in East and Central AfricaGuy BucumiIndigenous Religious Rights in Taiwan: The Invisibility of Animism in Modern State LawScott SimonIntegration or Separation? Religious Freedom in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia:The Case of the Indigenous Kaharingan Religion in Central KalimantanMirza Satria BuanaFrom Marginalisation to Self-determination: The Long Walk of First Nations’ Religious Rights in BoliviaRaphaël Mathieu Legault-LabergeIndex