With the theory of secularization increasingly contested as a plausible development at a global scale, this book focuses on the changing significance of the religious element within a context of complex diversity. This concept reflects the rationale behind the deep transformations that have taken place in the dynamics of social change, giving way to a recombination of social, political and cultural cleavages that overlap and compete for legitimacy at a national and supranational level. Far from disappearing with modernization, new forms of religious diversity have emerged that continue to demand specific policies from the state, putting pressure on the established practices of religious governance while creating a series of normative dilemmas. European societies have been a testing ground for many of these changes, but for decades Canada has been viewed as a pioneering country in the management of diversity, thus offering some interesting similarities and contrasts with the former. Accordingly, the book deals with the diverging routes that political secularization has followed in Europe and Canada, the patterns of religious governance that can be recognized in each region, and the practices for accommodating the demands of religious minorities concerning their legal regulation, the management of public institutions, and the provision of social services.
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Introduction: Francisco Colom González and Gianni D’AmatoPart 1. Reframing the Narratives of Secularism:1.Valeriano Esteban Sánchez: Secularization and Beyond2. Mathias Thaler: Norms, Stories, and Ideologies: What We Talk About When We Talk About Political SecularismPart 2. The Governance of Religion: General Perspectives and Case Studies3. Kevin J. Christiano: European Principles and Canadian Practices: Developing Secular Contexts for Religious Diversity4. Daphne Halikioupoulou & Sofia Vasilopoulou: Political Instability and the Persistence of Religion in Greece. The Policy Implications of the Cultural Defence Paradigm5. Francisco Colom González: Political Catholicism and the Secular State: A Spanish Predicament6. Marcel Maussen: Religious Governance in the Netherlands: Associative Freedoms and Non-discrimination after ‘Pillarization’. The Example of Faith-based Schools7. Valérie Amiraux & David Koussens: From Law to Narratives: Unveiling Contemporary French SecularismPart 3. A Changing Institutional Framework8. Avigail Eisenberg: Choice or Identity? Dilemmas of Protecting Religious Freedom in Canada9. Veit Bader: Dilemmas of Institutionalisation and Political Participation of Organised Religions in Europe. Associational Governance as a Promising AlternativePart 4. Accommodation Practices10. Denise Helly: Islamophobia in Canada? Women’s Rights, Modernity,Secularism11. Bertram Turner: Translocal, Faith-based Dispute Management: Moroccan-Canadian Struggles with Normative Plurality12. Francisco Díez de Velasco: Multi-belief/Multi-faith Spaces: Theoretical Proposals for a Neutral and Operational Design13. Mar Griera & Julia Martínez-Ariño: The Accommodation of Religious Diversity in Prisons and Hospitals in Spain14. Francisco Colom González: The Legal Self-regulation of Religious Groups: Tackling the Normative and Practical Challenges of Legal Pluralism
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ISBN
9781472488022
Publisert
2016-09-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
544 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, UP, 06, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
300

Biographical note

Francisco Colom González is Research Professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid. His work deals with the normative relations between culture, political identity and social change. His most recent publications is The Traditions of Liberty in the Atlantic World, edited with A. Rivero (2016).

Gianni D'Amato is Professor at the University of Neuchâtel and Director of the Swiss Forum of Migration and Population Studies. His research interests are focused on citizenship, mobilities, populism and the history of migration. His most recent publication is The Politicization of Migration, edited with W. van den Brug, D. Ruedin and J. Berkhout (2015)