Illustrations
Tables
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Lori 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 Introduction
Part I - The Public Private Divide
Chapter 1
Paul Bowlby (Saint Mary’s University, Political Science), Canadian Social Imaginaries: Re-examining Religion and Secularization
Chapter 2
Lori G. Beaman, Between the Public and the Private: Governing Religious Expression
Chapter 3
Peter 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 Canada
Part II – Private Life
Chapter 4
Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University, Philosophy and Religious Studies), Maintaining and Nurturing an Islamic Identity in Canada-Online and Offline
Chapter 5
Yolande Cohen (UniversitÉ de MontrÉal, History) and Yann Scioldo-ZÜrcher (National Centre for Scientific Researches), Maghrebi Jewish Migrations and Religious Marriage in Paris and MontrÉal, 1954-1980
Chapter 6
Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick, Sociology), Talking about Domestic Violence and Communities of Faith in the Public Sphere: Celebrations and Challenges
Part III – The Public/Private Continuum
Chapter 7
Solange Lefebvre, Beyond Religious Accommodation in the Workplace. A Philosophy of Diversity
Chapter 8
Margarita A. Mooney (Yale University, Sociology), Religion and the Incorporation of Haitian Migrants in MontrÉal
Chapter 9
Kamala Elizabeth Nayar (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, South Asian Studies), The Intersection of Religious Identity and Visible Minority Status: The Case of Sikh Youth in British Columbia
Chapter 10
Paul Allen (Concordia University, Theological Studies), Curricular Heresy: Theological Religious Studies and the Assessment of Religious Pluralism in Canada
Part IV – Public Life
Chapter 11
Clark Banack (York University, Political Science), Conservative Christianity, Anti-Statism and Alberta’s Public Sphere: The Curious Case of Bill 44
Chapter 12
Pascale 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 Belief
Chapter 13
Phillip 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 Canada
Conclusion
Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman
