Religion in the Public Sphere

IllustrationsTablesContributing AuthorsIntroductionLori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Classics and Religious Studies) and Solange Lefebvre (Universite de Montreal, Theology and Religious Sciences), Religion in the Public Sphere: An IntroductionPart I - The Public Private DivideChapter 1Paul Bowlby (Saint Mary's University, Political Science), Canadian Social Imaginaries: Re-examining Religion and SecularizationChapter 2Lori G. Beaman, Between the Public and the Private: Governing Religious ExpressionChapter 3Peter 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 CanadaPart II -- Private Life Chapter 4Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Philosophy and Religious Studies), Maintaining and Nurturing an Islamic Identity in Canada--Online and OfflineChapter 5Yolande Cohen (Universite de Montreal, History) and Yann Scioldo-Zurcher (National Centre for Scientific Researches), Maghrebi Jewish Migrations and Religious Marriage in Paris and Montreal, 1954-1980Chapter 6Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick, Sociology), Talking about Domestic Violence and Communities of Faith in the Public Sphere: Celebrations and ChallengesPart III -- The Public/Private ContinuumChapter 7Solange Lefebvre, Beyond Religious Accommodation in the Workplace. A Philosophy of DiversityChapter 8Margarita A. Mooney (Yale University, Sociology), Religion and the Incorporation of Haitian Migrants in MontrealChapter 9Kamala Elizabeth Nayar (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, South Asian Studies), The Intersection of Religious Identity and Visible Minority Status: The Case of Sikh Youth in British ColumbiaChapter 10Paul Allen (Concordia University, Theological Studies), Curricular Heresy: Theological Religious Studies and the Assessment of Religious Pluralism in CanadaPart IV -- Public LifeChapter 11Clark Banack (York University, Political Science), Conservative Christianity, Anti-Statism and Alberta's Public Sphere: The Curious Case of Bill 44Chapter 12Pascale 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 BeliefChapter 13Phillip Connor (Pew Research Centre, Forum on Religion & Public Life, Research Associate) and Matthias Koenig (University of Gottingen, Sociology/Sociology of Religion), Religion and the Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants Across CanadaConclusionSolange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman