Religion and Ethnicity in Canada

Herausgeber: Bramadat, Paul; Seljak, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As the leading book in its field, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada has been embraced by scholars, teachers, students, and policy makers as a breakthrough study of Canadian religio-ethnic diversity and its impact on multiculturalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781442610187
• ISBN-10: 1442610182
• Artikelnr.: 28889709

Autorenporträt

Edited by Paul Bramadat and David Seljak

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
 
Preface vii
About the Editors x
Contributors x
Chapter One: Beyond Christian Canada: Religion and Ethnicity
in a Multicultural Society 1
Paul Bramadat
PART ONE:ETHNIC IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIES
Chapter Two:Hindus in Canada: Negotiating Identity in a "Different"
Homeland 30
Sikata Banerjee and Harold Coward
Chapter Three:Sikhs in Canada: Identity and Commitment 52
Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
Chapter Four:Buddhists in Canada: Impermanence in a Land
of Change 69
Mathieu Boisvert
Chapter Five:The Chinese in Canada: Their Unrecognized Religion 89
David Chuenyan Lai, Jordan Paper, and Li Chuang Paper
Chapter Six:Jews in Canada: A Travelling Cantor on the Prairie,
and Other Pictures of Canadian Jewish Life 111
Norman Ravvin
Chapter Seven:Muslims in Canada: From Ethnic Groups to Religious
Community 133
Sheila McDonough and Homa Hoodfar
PART TWO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter Eight:Religion and Public Policy: Immigration,
Citizenship, and Multiculturalism-Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner? 154
John Biles and Humera Ibrahim
Chapter Nine:Education, Multiculturalism, and Religion 178
David Seljak
Chapter Ten:Health Care, Religion, and Ethnic Diversity
in Canada 201
Peter H. Stephenson
Chapter Eleven:Toward a New Story about Religion and Ethnicity
in Canada 222
Paul Bramadat and David Seljak
Appendix:Demographics of Religious Identification
in Canada 235
Compiled by Peter Beyer
Index 241