Religion and diversity in Canada
By: edited by Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer.
Contributors: Beaman, Lori G.; Beyer, Peter, 1949-
Series: Religion and the social order -- 16
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9789004170155
Subjects: Multiculturalism -- Religious aspects; Multiculuralism -- Canada; Canada -- Religion
Description: "Canada officially prides itself on being a multicultural nation, welcoming people from all around the world, and enshrining that status in its Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as in an array of laws and policies that aim to protect citizens from discrimination on various grounds, including race, cultural origin, sexual orientation, and religion. This volume explores the intersection of these diversities, foregrounding religion as the primary focus of analysis. Taking as their point of departure the contested meaning and implications of the term diversity, the various contributions address issues such as the power relations that diversity implies, the cultural context that limits the understanding and practical acceptance of religious diversity, and how Canada compares in these matters to other countries. Taken together the essays therefore elucidate the Canadian case while also having relevance for understanding this critical issue globally."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Religion and diversity in Canada / Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer; title: From far and wide : Canadian religious and cultural diversity in global/local context / Peter Beyer; title: Quebec and reasonable accommodation : uses and misuses of public consultation / Pauline Cote; title: Fearing planes, trains, and automobiles : sociophobics and the disincentive to religious diversity / Douglas E. Cowan; title: Two by two : religion, sexuality and diversity in Canada / Pamela Dickey Young; title: Does religion matter? : Canadian religious traditions and attitudes toward diversity / Sam Reimer; title: Canadian religious diversity online : a network of possibilities / Christopher Helland; title: Old structures, new faces : the presence of wicca and neopaganism in Canadian prison chaplaincies / Mireille Gagnon; title: Between law and public opinion : the case of Quebec / Solange Lefebvre; title: A cross-national comparison of approaches to religious diversity : Canada, France, and the United States / Lori G. Beaman; title: Afterword: Religion, diversity, and the state in Canada / John H. Simpson.