Religion and diversity in Canada /

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 rac...

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Other Authors: Beaman, Lori G., Beyer, Peter, 1949-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Religion and the Social Order 16.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223080.

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Call Number: BL2530.C2 R25 2008

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Lori G. Beaman and P. Beyer
  • Introduction - Religion and diversity in Canada /
  • Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer
  • Chapter One. From far and wide: Canadian religious and cultural diversity in global/local context /
  • Peter Beyer
  • Chapter Two. Québec and reasonable accommodation: Uses and misuses of public consultation /
  • Pauline Côté
  • Chapter Three. Fearing planes, trains, and automobiles: Sociophobics and the disincentive to religious diversity /
  • Douglas E. Cowan
  • Chapter Four. Two by two: Religion, sexuality and diversity in Canada /
  • Pamela Dickey Young
  • Chapter Five. Does religion matter? Canadian religious traditions and attitudes toward diversity /
  • Sam Reimer
  • Chapter Six. Canadian religious diversity online: A network of possibilities /
  • Christopher Helland
  • Chapter Seven. Old structures, new faces: The presence of Wicca and Neopaganism in canadian prison Chaplaincies /
  • Mireille Gagnon
  • Chapter Eight. Between law and public opinion: The case of Québec /
  • Solange Lefebvre
  • Chapter Nine. A cross-national comparison of approaches to religious diversity: Canada, France and the United States /
  • Lori G. Beaman
  • Afterword: Religion, diversity, and the state in Canada /
  • John H. Simpson
  • Contributors /
  • Lori G. Beaman and P. Beyer
  • Religion and the social order /
  • Lori G. Beaman and P. Beyer.