Religion in the Public Sphere

Solange Lefebvre is a professor and the Chair of Religion, Culture, and Society in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the UniversitÉ de MontrÉal. Lori G. Beaman is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa.

• IllustrationsTablesContributing AuthorsIntroductionLori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Classics and Religious Studies) and Solange Lefebvre (UniversitÉ de MontrÉal, 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 (UniversitÉ de MontrÉal, History) and Yann Scioldo-ZÜrcher (National Centre for Scientific Researches), Maghrebi Jewish Migrations and Religious Marriage in Paris and MontrÉal, 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 MontrÉalChapter 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 GÖttingen, Sociology/Sociology of Religion), Religion and the Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants Across CanadaConclusionSolange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman

‘Characterized by fine scholarship, this book will be useful to many interested in issues of religion in the public sphere.’ - S.C. Pearson (Choice vol 52:03:2014) ‘A very worthwhile book which should be widely read.’- Frederick Jones (British Journal of Canadian Studies vol 29:02:2016)