S. Shankar

This dissertation examines the politics of Christian conversion among youth in the context of missions in Kano emirate during British colonial rule. Studies of colonial-era Christian missions in Muslim Northern Nigeria have focused on governmental efforts to limit, segregate, se…

The dissertation examines how the institutions of democracy, namely the judiciary and the legislature, deal with the clashes between the rights to equal respect and religious freedom. The dissertation tests three hypotheses: (a) In accommodationist countries, there is a higher p…