What Is the Relationship between Stereotyping and the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere?

Blandine Chelini-Pont (1, 2)

1 GSRL - Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités
2 LID2MS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Droit des Médias et Mutations Sociales

This essay provides some insights and poses some questions about the link between the role of religions in the public sphere and negative stereotyping. With a specific interest in the legal dimension of this role, we would like to see if the one system produces more or less stereotyping and prejudice than the other.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Law; Humanities and Social Sciences; Religions

Blandine Chelini-Pont. What Is the Relationship between Stereotyping and the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere?. Jesper Svartvik. Stereotyping the Other. Exploring the Anatomy of Religious Prejudice – and Ways to Dismantle It., Palgrave Macmillan, pp.15-35, 2013. ⟨hal-02196513⟩