State, religion, and law in Cameroon : regulatory control, tension, and accommodation

dc.contributor.authorFombad, Charles Manga
dc.contributor.emailcharles.fombad@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-15T12:34:43Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the complex relations that have existed over the years between religious organisations and the state in Cameroon. It focuses on the tensions that have arisen as the state tried, especially after 1990 to recognise and protect freedom of religion and religious diversity whilst working closely with the diverse religious organisations in the country to further the political, economic and social development of the country. It is shown that the idea of state secularity, neutrality and independence with respect to the diverse religious organisations is fairly nuanced. What clearly emerges is that in spite of resistance and even occasionally, open confrontation, religious denominations in Cameroon are no longer as passive as they were in the past and have the potential to play an even greater role in promoting change and the common good.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCentre for Human Rightsen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2017-02-28
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://jcs.oxfordjournals.orgen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFombad, CM 2015, 'State, religion, and law in Cameroon : regulatory control, tension, and accommodation', Journal of Church and State, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 18-43.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0021-969X (print)
dc.identifier.issn2040-4867 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1093/jcs/cst054
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56302
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Church and State following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is : State, religion, and law in Cameroon : regulatory control, tension, and accommodation, Journal of Church and State, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 18-43, 2015. doi : 10.1093/jcs/cst054. Journal of Church and State is available online at : http://jcs.oxfordjournals.org.en_ZA
dc.subjectStateen_ZA
dc.subjectReligionen_ZA
dc.subjectLawen_ZA
dc.subjectCameroonen_ZA
dc.subjectRegulatory controlen_ZA
dc.subjectTensionen_ZA
dc.subjectAccommodationen_ZA
dc.titleState, religion, and law in Cameroon : regulatory control, tension, and accommodationen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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