Religious Discrimination and Cultural Context

Kerry O'Halloran is a professionally qualified lawyer and social worker, and Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. He is the author of Religion, Charity and Human Rights (Cambridge, 2014).

• Part I. Background: Introduction to Part I; 1. Identity, alienation and the law: the twentieth-century legacy; 2. Religion, culture and religious discrimination; Part II. Balancing Public and Private Interests: Introduction to Part II; 3. Religion: the public and the private; 4. The international framework and themes of religious discrimination; Part III. Contemporary Religious Discrimination in Common Law Jurisdictions: The Judicial Rulings: Introduction to Part III; 5. England; 6. Ireland; 7. The US; 8. Canada; 9. Australia; 10. New Zealand; Part IV. Religion and Discrimination: An Overview: Introduction to Part III; 11. Themes of jurisdictional commonality and difference; 12. Contexting religion, culture and discrimination; Conclusion.

'Issues of religious discrimination - whether real or imaginary - have become ever more important in a world that is increasingly polarised between secularism and religious fundamentalism. This book is an important contribution to the debate on the 'culture wars' as viewed through the lens of some of the major multi-cultural common law jurisdictions.' Frank Cranmer, Cardiff University