• ISBN13: 9780199489367
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: January 1, 2019
• Pages: 304
• Original Price: USD 25.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 345 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Constitutional and Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice

Examining the constitutional and legal foundations of the place of religion in India, Articles of Faith studies the relationship between religion and state. It closely analyses the decisions of the Supreme Court from the 1950s on Articles 25–30 of the Indian Constitution, as well as other relevant laws and constitutional provisions.
The book discusses the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and its influence on the discourse of secularism and nationalism. While examining the role of the Court in defining and demarcating religion as well as religious freedom, practices, and organizations, this volume also highlights important issues such as interpretative traditions and legal doctrines developed by the judiciary over the years.
This new edition has an expanded and revised introduction, which looks at the new literature on secularism and religious jurisprudence, both in India and other secular democracies. It also includes an afterword, which examines recent landmark judgments on religion by the Supreme Court of India, such as the one on triple talaq.

About the Author
Ronojoy Sen is senior research fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies and South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore.

Ronojoy Sen, Professor, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore

Ronojoy Sen is a visiting senior research fellow at the South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore.