Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law

A powerful examination of the governance of a religious citizen andof the limits of religious freedom, this book demonstrates that thestakes in debates on religious freedom are not just about beliefs andpractices but also have implications for the construction ofcitizenship in a diverse nation. Lori Beaman looks at the case ofJehovah’s Witness Bethany Hughes who was denied her right torefuse treatment on the basis of her religious conviction, reflecting aparticular moment in the socio-legal treatment of religious freedom andreveals the specific intersection of religious, medical, legal, andother discourses in the governance of the religious citizen.