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Jennifer A. Selby is an associate professor of religious studies and an affiliate member of the Department of Gender Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is the author of
Questioning French Secularism and co-editor of
Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics and Family Law Arbitration (with Anna Korteweg).
Am¿e Barras is an assistant professor in law and society at York University. She is the author of
Refashioning Secularisms in France and Turkey: The Case of the Headscarf Ban and co-editor of
R¿ler le religieux dans les soci¿s lib¿les? (with Fran¿s Dermange and Sarah Nicolet).
Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change and a professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is the author of
Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity and co-editor of
Constructions of Self and Other in Yoga, Travel, and Tourism: A Journey to Elsewhere (with Sonia Sikka),
Atheist Identities: Spaces and Social Contexts (with Steven Tomlins), and
Varieties of Religious Establishment (with Winnifred Fallers Sullivan).
List of contents
Introduction
1 Figures That Haunt the Everyday
2 Knowledge Production and Muslim Canadians' Historical Trajectories
3 Secularism in Canada
4 Narratives of Navigation and Negotiation
5 Mutual Respect and Working Out Difference
Conclusion
Notes; References; Index
About the author
Jennifer A. Selby is an associate professor of religious studies and an affiliate member of the Department of Gender Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is the author of
Questioning French Secularism and co-editor of
Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics and Family Law Arbitration (with Anna Korteweg).
Amélie Barras is an assistant professor in law and society at York University. She is the author of
Refashioning Secularisms in France and Turkey: The Case of the Headscarf Ban and co-editor of
Réguler le religieux dans les sociétés libérales? (with François Dermange and Sarah Nicolet).
Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change and a professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is the author of
Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity and co-editor of
Constructions of Self and Other in Yoga, Travel, and Tourism: A Journey to Elsewhere (with Sonia Sikka),
Atheist Identities: Spaces and Social Contexts (with Steven Tomlins), and
Varieties of Religious Establishment (with Winnifred Fallers Sullivan).
Summary
By showing how Muslim Canadians successfully navigate and negotiate their religiosity in their everyday lives, Beyond Accommodation critiques the reasonable accommodation framework and proposes an alternative picture of how religious difference is worked out.
