Paul Weller is Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at the University of Derby and Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK.Kingsley Purdam is Research Fellow in the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research at the University of Manchester, UK. Nazila Ghanea is Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law in the Department for Continuing Education and a member of the Law Faculty, University of Oxford, UK. She also serves as a member of the OSCE Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre for Society, Religion and Belief at the University of Derby, UK.

• Acknowledgments/ 1. The book, the research and key concepts/ 2. Historical perspectives on the law, rights, and religion or belief discrimination/ 3. Contemporary context of religion and belief, state and society/ 4. The law: a decade of continuity and change/ 5. Religion or belief discrimination: evidence and methods/ 6. Experience of unfair treatment in education, employment and media/ 7. Experience of unfair treatment in criminal justice and immigration; housing; health care; social services, planning and other services; and funding/ 8. Experience of unfair treatment from, between and within ‘religious groups’ and from political, community and other pressure groups/ 9. An analytical spectrum for understanding the evidence/ 10. Evidence-based signposts for future policy, law and practice/ Appendix: Selected list of relevant legal cases in England and Wales/ Bibliography/ Index

Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality: Britain in Global Contexts is an excellent resource for students and scholars interested in the social, political and legal phenomena that inform intellectual debates, inspire policy changes and shape public discourse. It is also sure to be appreciated by policy-makers, journalists and lawyers who want a coherent, jargon-free account of the data and issues that create the controversies that come across their desks every day. Written in a lucid, accessible manner, the authors have struck a remarkable balance between empirical data, social theory, historical context and personal perspectives related to the legal, cultural and political quandaries that face many contemporary liberal democracies.

Paul Weller is Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at the University of Derby and Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK.Kingsley Purdam is Research Fellow in the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research at the University of Manchester, UK. Nazila Ghanea is Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law in the Department for Continuing Education and a member of the Law Faculty, University of Oxford, UK. She also serves as a member of the OSCE Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre for Society, Religion and Belief at the University of Derby, UK.

• Acknowledgments/ 1. The book, the research and key concepts/ 2. Historical perspectives on the law, rights, and religion or belief discrimination/ 3. Contemporary context of religion and belief, state and society/ 4. The law: a decade of continuity and change/ 5. Religion or belief discrimination: evidence and methods/ 6. Experience of unfair treatment in education, employment and media/ 7. Experience of unfair treatment in criminal justice and immigration; housing; health care; social services, planning and other services; and funding/ 8. Experience of unfair treatment from, between and within ‘religious groups’ and from political, community and other pressure groups/ 9. An analytical spectrum for understanding the evidence/ 10. Evidence-based signposts for future policy, law and practice/ Appendix: Selected list of relevant legal cases in England and Wales/ Bibliography/ Index

Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality: Britain in Global Contexts is an excellent resource for students and scholars interested in the social, political and legal phenomena that inform intellectual debates, inspire policy changes and shape public discourse. It is also sure to be appreciated by policy-makers, journalists and lawyers who want a coherent, jargon-free account of the data and issues that create the controversies that come across their desks every day. Written in a lucid, accessible manner, the authors have struck a remarkable balance between empirical data, social theory, historical context and personal perspectives related to the legal, cultural and political quandaries that face many contemporary liberal democracies.

Paul Weller is Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at the University of Derby and Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK.Kingsley Purdam is Research Fellow in the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research at the University of Manchester, UK. Nazila Ghanea is Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law in the Department for Continuing Education and a member of the Law Faculty, University of Oxford, UK. She also serves as a member of the OSCE Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre for Society, Religion and Belief at the University of Derby, UK.

• Acknowledgments/ 1. The book, the research and key concepts/ 2. Historical perspectives on the law, rights, and religion or belief discrimination/ 3. Contemporary context of religion and belief, state and society/ 4. The law: a decade of continuity and change/ 5. Religion or belief discrimination: evidence and methods/ 6. Experience of unfair treatment in education, employment and media/ 7. Experience of unfair treatment in criminal justice and immigration; housing; health care; social services, planning and other services; and funding/ 8. Experience of unfair treatment from, between and within ‘religious groups’ and from political, community and other pressure groups/ 9. An analytical spectrum for understanding the evidence/ 10. Evidence-based signposts for future policy, law and practice/ Appendix: Selected list of relevant legal cases in England and Wales/ Bibliography/ Index

Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality: Britain in Global Contexts is an excellent resource for students and scholars interested in the social, political and legal phenomena that inform intellectual debates, inspire policy changes and shape public discourse. It is also sure to be appreciated by policy-makers, journalists and lawyers who want a coherent, jargon-free account of the data and issues that create the controversies that come across their desks every day. Written in a lucid, accessible manner, the authors have struck a remarkable balance between empirical data, social theory, historical context and personal perspectives related to the legal, cultural and political quandaries that face many contemporary liberal democracies.