Religion and diversity in Canada / edited by Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer.

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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Superior document:Religion and the social order, v. 16
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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Religion and the social order ; v. 16.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Religion and diversity in Canada / Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer
  • From far and wide : Canadian religious and cultural diversity in global/local context / Peter Beyer
  • Québec and reasonable accommodation : uses and misuses of public consultation / Pauline Côté
  • Fearing planes, trains, and automobiles : sociophobics and the disincentive to religious diversity / Douglas E. Cowan
  • Two by two : religion, sexuality and diversity in Canada / Pamela Dickey Young
  • Does religion matter? Canadian religious traditions and attitudes toward diversity / Sam Reimer
  • Canadian religious diversity online : a network of possibilities / Christopher Helland
  • Old structures, new faces : the presence of Wicca and neopaganism in Canadian prison chaplaincies / Mireille Gagnon
  • Between law and public opinion : the case of Québec / Solange Lefebvre
  • 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.