Loading...
The category of “religion” in public classification: Charity registration of the Druid Network in England and Wales
Owen, Suzanne Taira, Teemu
Owen, Suzanne
Taira, Teemu
Citations
Altmetric:
Advisors
Editors
Other Contributors
EPub Date
Publication Date
2015-05-27
Submitted Date
Collections
Files
Chapter
Microsoft Word XML, 538.51 KB
- Embargoed until 2215-01-01
Other Titles
Abstract
On 21 September 2010 the Druid Network was registered by the Charity Commission for England and Wales as a charity for the advancement of religion for public benefit. The decision document explores in detail whether it is possible to consider the Druid Network as ‘religious’ according to the charity law definition of religion. This chapter examines the decision itself as an example of how the category of ‘religion’ functions in public classification and extends it to the analysis of its significance for the field of Druidry in Britain. By extending the analysis to Druids themselves and to the media response, we investigate how the category of ‘religion’ functions in regulating, controlling and enabling different agencies.
Citation
Owen, S., & Taira, T. (2015). The category of “religion” in public classification: Charity registration of the Druid Network in England and Wales. In T. Fitzgerald, T. Stack, & N. Goldenberg (Eds.), Religion as a category of governance and sovereignty (pp. 90-114). Leiden: Brill.
Publisher
Brill
Journal
Research Unit
DOI
PubMed ID
PubMed Central ID
Type
Book chapter
Language
en
Description
This is the post-refereed, pre-print version of a chapter published in T. Fitzgerald, T. Stack, & N. Goldenberg (Eds.), Religion as a category of governance and sovereignty. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Series/Report no.
Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
3
3
ISSN
2214-3270
EISSN
ISBN
9789004290556