Often when a religious minority challenges mainstream Canadian
customs, the phrase “reasonable accommodation” and its boundaries
are at the centre of the ensuing debate. But what exactly is
reasonable accommodation? Does it achieve its goal of integrating the
rights of religious minorities with those of mainstream society – or
does it emphasize inequality? Reasonable Accommodation features eight
interdisciplinary essays addressing how reasonable accommodation is
defined within Canada and abroad through law and public discourse.
These probing explorations based on empirical studies and legal cases
touch on current hot-button topics such as women’s right to wear the
niqab in public, religious diversity in prisons, and accommodating
sexual diversity. Woven through the chapters are questions and
commentary about whether there really is a religious majority in
Canada, how the idea of “shared values” obscures debate, and how
tolerating religious differences simply isn’t enough to guarantee
equality. Reasonable Accommodation provides a much-needed critical
assessment of this phrase and theorizes religious diversity and
freedom of religion beyond the meaning of “tolerance” as it
sometimes implies. Combining perspectives from the fields of law,
religious studies, political science, philosophy and sociology,
Reasonable Accommodation is a must-read for professors, researchers,
students and policy-makers interested in religion and multiculturalism
in Canada.
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Managing Religious Diversity
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774822770
Publisert
2020
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Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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