An Evaluation Study of Religious Policies and Laws in Taiwan
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Huang, Li-Hsin
Abstract
This study will analyze and evaluate religious policies and laws in Taiwan by standing on a board view of political science and taking a viewpoint on the typologies of religious behaviors. The research has conducted a literature review, comparative analysis and expert interviews. The literature review summarize the constitutional and legal principles related to religious policies including free exercise of religion, and non-establishment of religion, the principles of proportionality, public interest, clarity and equality. Furthermore, this study will introduce major five religious policies in Taiwan such as the policies to oversee and manage religious organizations, to identify the religious organization sections, to supervise the religious group’s business careers, to guide the religious education, and to reward and support religious groups. The comparative analysis of the study will begin with introducing religious policies and laws in international organizations, and in countries such as the United States, Japan, and Germany. The study will conduct a historical analysis on the practices and development of free exercise of religion, and non-establishment of religion in the different counties with an aim to supplement the lack of our country. In addition, based on expert interviews, the study generalizes into three religious behavior types; “the nucleus behavior” referring to holy behaviors, “the sub-nucleus behavior” resenting civil behavior with religious purposes, “the un-nucleus behaviors” means civil behaviors with ordinary purposes. Finally, this study has some suggestions for the legislation and the administration of each kind of religious behaviors in the future.
Subjects
Religious Behavior
Religious Policy
Religious law
free exercise of religion
non-establishment of religion
Type
thesis
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