Towards an ethics of community : negotiations of difference in a pluralist society / James H. Olthuis, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olthuis, James H.

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Comparative ethics series ; 5.

Comparative ethics series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pluralism.

Difference (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of significant essays suggests that to truly honour differences in matters of faith and religion we must publicly exercise and celebrate them. The secular/sacred, public/private divisions long considered sacred in the West need to be dismantled if Canada (or any nation state) is to develop a genuine mosaic that embraces fundamental differences instead of a melting pot that marginalizes. An ethics of difference starts with a recognition of difference, not as deviance or deficit that threatens but as otherness to connect with, cherish, and celebrate. The book begins with the suggestion that our inability to come to terms with social plurality is not fundamentally the fault of religious differences, and that a public/private split inadequately deals with matters of basic difference. It then explores how encouraging people to live out their respective faiths may open new possibilities for respectful, honourable, and just negotiations of contemporary dilemmas arising out of the multicultural fabric of Canadian life. Towards an Ethics of Community introduces readers to some of the most challenging and divisive dilemmas we face in this increasingly pluralistic, postmodern world; issues such as family and domestic violence, Aboriginal rights, homosexuality and public policy, and female genital mutilation. This is a book truly global in scope and significance.

Contents:

Plotting the margins : a historical episode in the management of social plurality / Robert Sweetman

Consequences of liberalism : ideological domination in Rorty's public/private split / Hendrik Hart

Indoctrination and assimilation in plural settings / Ken Badley

"Woman" in the plural : negotiating sameness and difference in feminist theory / Janet Catherina Wesselius

Religious conflicts, public policy, and moral authority : reflections on Christian faith and homosexual rights in a plural society / Hendrik Hart

Rethinking the family : belonging, respecting, and connecting / James H. Olthuis

Female genital mutilation : an examination of a harmful traditional practice in a Canadian context / Lisa Chisholm-Smith

Violent asymmetry : the shape of power in the current debate over morality of homosexuality / Ronald A. Kuipers

Native self-government : between the spiritual fire and the political fire / George Vandervelde

On identity and aesthetic voice of the culturally displaced / Calvin Seerveld.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610925261

9781280925269

1280925264

9780889206601

0889206600

OCLC:

753479562