Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond

Paul Bramadat is a professor and director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. His previous works include Religious Radicalization in Canada and Beyond and Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada both published by University of Toronto Press.Lorne Dawson is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgements1. The Public, the Political, and the Possible: Religion and Radicalization in Canada and Beyond (Paul Bramadat)RELIGION AND RADICALIZATION2. Beating a Path to Salvation: Themes in the Reality of Religious Violence (Ian Reader)3. Trying to Make Sense of Homegrown Terrorist Radicalization: The Case of the Toronto 18 (Lorne Dawson)4. Pluralism and Radicalization: Mind the Gap! (ValÉrie Amiraux and Javiera Araya-Moreno)5. Securitization and Young Muslim Males: Is None Too Many? (Peter Beyer)SECURITIZATION AND CANADIAN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS MINORITIES 6. The Impact of Securitization on South Asian Muslims in Montreal (Uzma Jamil)7. The Sikhs in Canada: Culture, Religion, and Radicalization (Doris R. Jakobsh)8. Religion, Politics, and Nationalism in Tamil Militancy in Sri Lankan and the Diaspora (Amarnath Amarasingam)PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND RELIGIOUS RADICALIZATION9. Religion, Reporting, and Radicalization: The Role of News Media in Securitized Discourses (Joyce Smith)10. The Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security as a Response to Radicalization: Personal Experiences and Academic Reflections (Edna Keeble)11. Narratives, Identity, and Terrorism (Sean Norton and Afzal Upal)12. Conclusion (Paul Bramadat and Lorne Dawson)