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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction / Lori G. Beaman and Sonia Sikka -- Multiculturalism and religious pluralism in Canada: intimations of a "post-Westphalian" condition / Peter Beyer -- Religious diversity and multicultural accommodation / Gurpreet Mahajan -- State, religious diversity, and the crisis of secularism / Rajeev Bhargava -- Secularism: a possible Gandhian reconstruction / Bindu Puri -- Lessons from the management of religious diversity in Chinese societies: a diversity of approaches to state control / Andre? Laliberte? -- Justice, diversity, and dialogue: Rawlsian multiculturalism / Ashwani Peetush -- The normativity of inclusion and exclusion: should multiculturalism encompass religious identities? / Gordon Davis -- What can Weberian sociology tell us about multiculturalism and religion? / Elke Winter -- The Ayodhya dispute: law's imagination and the functions of the status quo / Deepak Mehta -- Laws of general application: the retreat from multiculturalism and its impications for religious freedom / Lori G. Beaman -- Theism and the secular in Canada / Solange Lefebvre -- The limits of multiculturalism in contemporary India / Shail Mayaram -- An exploration of multi-religiosity within India: the Sahebdhani and the Matua sects / Sipra Mukherjee -- The difference "difference" makes: Jainism, religious pluralism, and identity politics / Anne Vallely -- Religion education in a multicultural society / Sonia Sikka -- Doing caste, making citizens: differing conceptions of religious identities and autonomy in Hindu law / Gopika Solanki -- Conclusion / Sonia Sikka and Lori G. Beaman |
| Summary |
How, and to what extent, can religion be included within commitments to multiculturalism? This book addresses this question by examining the political recognition and management of religious identity in Canada and India |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Multiculturalism -- Canada
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Cultural pluralism -- Canada
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Religious pluralism -- Canada
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Multiculturalism -- India
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Cultural pluralism -- India
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Religious pluralism -- India
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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Cultural pluralism
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Multiculturalism
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Religious pluralism
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Canada
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beaman, Lori G. (Lori Gail), 1963- editor
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Sikka, Sonia, 1963- editor
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| ISBN |
9780773592209 |
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0773592202 |
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