'The strength of Regulating Religion in Asia lies in its detailed case studies, which show the diversity of different states' relationships with the religions in their jurisdictions. By taking a broad definition of regulation, the book goes beyond the broad constitutional idea of freedom of religion into the complex practicalities of regulating religion. In doing so, the different chapters also highlight the wide variety of political ideologies and the methods of regulating religion, which are practiced by the different states.' Helen Pausacker, Journal of Law and Religion
lntroduction: regulating religion in Asia: Part I. Theorizing Regulation: 1. Regulatory markers Arif A. Jamal; 2. Conceptualizing the regulation of religion Jaclyn L. Neo; 3. The role of authority and sanctity in state-religion conflicts Shai Wozner and Gilad Abiri; 4. Jurisdictional vs. official control: regulating the Buddhist Saṅgha South and Southeast Asia Ben Schontal; 5. Defining and regulating religion in early independent Indonesia Kevin Fogg; Part II. Regulating Religion: State Practice and Legal Norms: 6. Principled pluralism, relational constitutionalism and regulating religion within Singapore's secular democratic model Thio Li-ann; 7. Legal regulation of religion in Vietnam Bui Ngoc Son; 8. Regulating Buddhism in Myanmar: the case of deviant Buddhist sects Nyi Nyi Kyaw; 9. The bureaucratization of religious education in the Islamic Republic of Iran Mirjam Künkler; 10. Managing religious competition in China: case study of regulating social and charitable service provisions by religious organizations Jianlin Chen and Loveday J. Liu; Part III. Challenges to State Regulation: 11. Regulating religion through administrative law: religious conversion in Malaysia beyond fundamental rights Matthew Nelson and Dian Shah; 12. Legal pluralism, patronage secularism and the challenge of prophetic Christianity in Singapore Daniel Goh; 13. Equality in secularism: contemporary debates on social stratification and the Indian constitution Mohsin Alam; 14. Regulating the state and the Hawza: legal pluralism and the ironies of Shi'i law Haider Hamoudi.