Professor Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan from Central Washington University explores how societies can promote freedom of religion or belief as a fundamental right of citizens in an age of intolerance where religious persecution is widespread.

Examining the extent of religious persecution throughout the world, this cutting-edge book explores mechanisms to address religious intolerance and develop religious freedom, outlining the necessary factors to measure progress on the protection of this fundamental human right. Chapters explore how freedom of religion or belief can be institutionalized in dispositions, laws, and policies through efforts which limit negative depictions of the religious (or non-religious) Other in public discourse.