Nationalist Mobilization, Ethno-Religious Contention, and Legal Innovation in a Stateless Nation: Explaining Catalonia’s 2009 “Law on Centers of Worship”

This article analyzes the development and framing of Catalonia’s “Law on Centers of Worship”, an innovative law dedicated exclusively to the regulation of religious temples that was passed by the regional Parliament in 2009. The law was a legal novelty in Spain, as well as in Europe, where regulatio...

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Main Author: Astor, Avi (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Catalonia
B Nationalism
B Religious Diversity
B Governance
B Spain
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