Religion and Diversity in Canada

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 227
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 244mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9789004170155
• ISBN-10: 9004170154
• Artikelnr.: 23896577

Autorenporträt

Lori G. Beaman, Ph.D. (1996) in Sociology, University of New Brunswick, is Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada and Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious studies at University of Ottawa. She has published extensively on religion and law including Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law (UBC Press, 2008). Peter Beyer, Ph.D. (1981) University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, is professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa. Major publications include Religion and Globalization (Sage, 1994) and Religions in Global Society (Routledge, 2006).