Religion, Culture, and the State : Reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor Report
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| Title: | Religion, Culture, and the State : Reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor Report |
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| Description: | 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 Gérard Bouchard and philosopher and political scientist Charles Taylor to co-chair a commission that would investigate the limits of reasonable accommodation in that province.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. |
| Authors: | Howard Adelman, Pierre Anctil |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Multiculturalism--Que´bec (Province), Multiculturalism--Canada, Cultural pluralism--Canada, Religious pluralism--Que´bec (Province), Cultural pluralism--Que´bec (Province), Religious pluralism--Canada |
| Categories: | RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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 Gérard Bouchard and philosopher and political scientist Charles Taylor to co-chair a commission that would investigate the limits of reasonable accommodation in that province.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. |
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| ISBN: | 9781442611443 9781442642614 9781442694415 9781442694408 |
