Religion, culture, and the state : reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor report / edited by Howard Adelman and Pierre Anctil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adelman, Howard, 1938-2023, editor.

Anctil, Pierre, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism--Canada.

Religious pluralism.

Religious pluralism--Québec (Province).

Cultural pluralism--Canada.

Cultural pluralism.

Cultural pluralism--Québec (Province).

Multiculturalism--Canada.

Multiculturalism.

Multiculturalism--Québec (Province).

Québec (Province)--Ethnic relations.

Québec (Province).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religion, Culture, and the State addresses reasonable accommodation from legal, political, and anthropological perspectives. Using the 2008 Bouchard-Taylor Report as their point of departure, the contributors contextualize the English and French Canadian experiences of multiculturalism and diversity through socio-historical analysis, political philosophy, and practical comparisons to other jurisdictions. Timely and engaging, Religion, Culture, and the State is a valuable resource in the discussion of religious pluralism in Canadian society."--Pub. desc.

"The Canadian principle of reasonable accommodation demands that the cultural majority make certain concessions to the needs of minority groups if these concessions will not cause 'undue hardship.' This principle has caused much debate in Quebec, particularly over issues of language, Muslim head coverings, and religious symbols such as the kirpan (traditional Sikh dagger). In 2007, Quebec Premier Jean Charest commissioned historian and sociologist Gerard Bouchard and philosopher and political scientist Charles Taylor to co-chair a commission that would investigate the limits of reasonable accommodation in that province.

Contents:

Reasonable accommodation in the Canadian legal context : a mechanism for handling diversity or a source of tension? / Pierre Anctil

Monoculturalism versus interculturalism in a multicultural world / Howard Adelman

The Bouchard-Taylor Commission and the Jewish community of Quebec in historical perspective / Ira Robinson

"Qui est nous?" : some answers from the Bouchard-Taylor Commission's archive / Bina Toledo Freiwald

The B-T report "open secularism" model and the Supreme Court of Canada decisions on freedom of religion and religious accommodation / Jose Woehrling

Conclusion : religion, culture, and the state / Howard Adelman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781442694408

1442694408

9781442694415

1442694416

OCLC:

923774985