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Religious freedom

Meaning in religious studies & theology, with examples

nounCommon term

In religious studies & theology, religious freedom means: The right of individuals and communities to hold, practise, change or leave a religion or belief, or to have none, without coercion.

In Turkish: din özgürlüğü, din ve vicdan özgürlüğü, inanç özgürlüğü

How it is used

Protected by Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Lawyers and NGOs also say freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). In the Turkish Constitution, Article 24 covers 'din ve vicdan hürriyeti'.

Example sentences

  1. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects religious freedom.

  2. The conference examined how courts balance religious freedom with other rights.

Common collocations

  • protect religious freedom
  • freedom of religion or belief
  • right to religious freedom
  • limits of religious freedom
  • secularizationThe process by which religion loses influence over society, institutions and individual lives, for example as law, education and politics become independent of religious authority.
  • interfaith dialogueOrganized conversation and cooperation between people of different religions, aimed at mutual understanding rather than at converting one another.
  • convertTo change from one religion or belief to another, or to cause someone else to make this change.
  • religionA system of beliefs, practices, values and communities that relates people to what they regard as sacred, divine or ultimately real.

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