Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256) and index.

A new global right : religious freedom -- The dimensions of the freedom of religion and of conscience -- Religion in the structure of the United Nations -- Religious freedom in the United States -- Religious freedom and the European court of human rights -- Vatican II vigorously defends religious freedom -- The rights of dissenters -- Religious freedom and issues of gender and sexuality -- When governments repress and persecute religion -- People's Republic of China and religious freedom -- Religious freedom and the Muslim world -- The world's Jewish community and religious freedom -- Questions of God and Caesar -- -- Appendix A. United Nations declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief (1981) -- Appendix B. Vatican II statement on the Jews.