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The place of religion in the public realm is the subject of frequent and lively debate in the media, among academics and policymakers, and within communities. With this edited collection, Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman bring together a series of case studies of religious groups and practices from all across Canada that re-examine and question the classic distinction between the public and private spheres.
Religion in the Public Sphere explores the public image of religious groups, legal issues relating to "reasonable accommodations," and the role of religion in public services and institutions like health care and education. Offering a wide range of contributions from religious studies, political science, theology, and law,
Religion in the Public Sphere presents emerging new models to explain contemporary relations between religion, civil society, the private sector, family, and the state.
List of contents
Illustrations
Tables
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Classics and Religious Studies) and Solange Lefebvre (Université de Montréal, Theology and Religious Sciences), Religion in the Public Sphere: An Introduction
Part I - The Public Private Divide
Chapter 1
Paul Bowlby (Saint Mary’s University, Political Science), Canadian Social Imaginaries: Re-examining Religion and Secularization
Chapter 2
Lori G. Beaman, Between the Public and the Private: Governing Religious Expression
Chapter 3
Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa, Religious Studies), Regional Differences and Continuities at the Intersection of Culture and Religion: A Case Study of Immigrant and Second Generation Young Adults in Canada
Part II – Private Life
Chapter 4
Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Philosophy and Religious Studies), Maintaining and Nurturing an Islamic Identity in Canada—Online and Offline
Chapter 5
Yolande Cohen (Université de Montréal, History) and Yann Scioldo-Zürcher (National Centre for Scientific Researches), Maghrebi Jewish Migrations and Religious Marriage in Paris and Montréal, 1954-1980
Chapter 6
Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick, Sociology), Talking about Domestic Violence and Communities of Faith in the Public Sphere: Celebrations and Challenges
Part III – The Public/Private Continuum
Chapter 7
Solange Lefebvre, Beyond Religious Accommodation in the Workplace. A Philosophy of Diversity
Chapter 8
Margarita A. Mooney (Yale University, Sociology), Religion and the Incorporation of Haitian Migrants in Montréal
Chapter 9
Kamala Elizabeth Nayar (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, South Asian Studies), The Intersection of Religious Identity and Visible Minority Status: The Case of Sikh Youth in British Columbia
Chapter 10
Paul Allen (Concordia University, Theological Studies), Curricular Heresy: Theological Religious Studies and the Assessment of Religious Pluralism in Canada
Part IV – Public Life
Chapter 11
Clark Banack (York University, Political Science), Conservative Christianity, Anti-Statism and Alberta’s Public Sphere: The Curious Case of Bill 44
Chapter 12
Pascale Fournier (University of Ottawa, Law, Professor and Vice-Dean) and Erica See (University of Ottawa, Law, Doctoral Student), The “Naked Face” of Secular Exclusion: Bill 94 and the Privatization of Belief
Chapter 13
Phillip Connor (Pew Research Centre, Forum on Religion & Public Life, Research Associate) and Matthias Koenig (University of Göttingen, Sociology/Sociology of Religion), Religion and the Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants Across Canada
Conclusion
Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman
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Edited by Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman
Summary
With this edited collection, Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman bring together a series of case studies of religious groups and practices from all across Canada that re-examine and question the classic distinction between the public and private spheres.
