Religion in the Public Sphere: Canadian Case Studies

Illustrations

Tables

Contributing Authors

Introduction

Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Classics and Religious Studies) and Solange Lefebvre (Université de Montréal, Theology and Religious Sciences), Religion in the Public Sphere: An Introduction

Part I - The Public Private Divide

Chapter 1

Paul Bowlby (Saint Mary’s University, Political Science), Canadian Social Imaginaries: Re-examining Religion and Secularization

Chapter 2

Lori G. Beaman, Between the Public and the Private: Governing Religious Expression

Chapter 3

Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa, Religious Studies), Regional Differences and Continuities at the Intersection of Culture and Religion: A Case Study of Immigrant and Second Generation Young Adults in Canada

Part II – Private Life

Chapter 4

Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Philosophy and Religious Studies), Maintaining and Nurturing an Islamic Identity in Canada—Online and Offline

Chapter 5

Yolande Cohen (Université de Montréal, History) and Yann Scioldo-Zürcher (National Centre for Scientific Researches), Maghrebi Jewish Migrations and Religious Marriage in Paris and Montréal, 1954-1980

Chapter 6

Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick, Sociology), Talking about Domestic Violence and Communities of Faith in the Public Sphere: Celebrations and Challenges

Part III – The Public/Private Continuum

Chapter 7

Solange Lefebvre, Beyond Religious Accommodation in the Workplace. A Philosophy of Diversity

Chapter 8

Margarita A. Mooney (Yale University, Sociology), Religion and the Incorporation of Haitian Migrants in Montréal

Chapter 9

Kamala Elizabeth Nayar (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, South Asian Studies), The Intersection of Religious Identity and Visible Minority Status: The Case of Sikh Youth in British Columbia

Chapter 10

Paul Allen (Concordia University, Theological Studies), Curricular Heresy: Theological Religious Studies and the Assessment of Religious Pluralism in Canada

Part IV – Public Life

Chapter 11

Clark Banack (York University, Political Science), Conservative Christianity, Anti-Statism and Alberta’s Public Sphere: The Curious Case of Bill 44

Chapter 12

Pascale Fournier (University of Ottawa, Law, Professor and Vice-Dean) and Erica See (University of Ottawa, Law, Doctoral Student), The “Naked Face” of Secular Exclusion: Bill 94 and the Privatization of Belief

Chapter 13

Phillip Connor (Pew Research Centre, Forum on Religion & Public Life, Research Associate) and Matthias Koenig (University of Göttingen, Sociology/Sociology of Religion), Religion and the Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants Across Canada

Conclusion

Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman