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  • Faith in Rights

    Christian-Inspired NGOs at Work in the United Nations

    by Amélie Barras ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Human Rights
    Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United Nations. The book interrogates the idea that the secular and the religious are distinct categories, and more specifically that human rights, understood as secular, can be neatly distinguished from religion. It argues that Christianity is deeply entangled in the texture of the United ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Refashioning Secularisms in France and Turkey

    The Case of the Headscarf Ban

    by Amelie Barras ...
    Series series Routledge Islamic Studies Series
    Over the past few years, secularism has become an intrinsic component of discussions on religious freedom and religious governance. The question of whether states should restrict the wearing of headscarves and other religious symbols has been particularly critical in guiding this thought process.Refashioning Secularisms in France and Turkey documents how, in both countries, devout women have ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Beyond Accommodation

    Everyday Narratives of Muslim Canadians

    by Jennifer Selby, Amelie Barras, Lori G. Beaman ...
    Problems – of integration, failed political participation, and requests for various kinds of accommodation – seem to dominate the research on minority Muslims in Western nations. Beyond Accommodation offers a different perspective, showing how Muslim Canadians successfully navigate and negotiate their religiosity in the more mundane moments of their lives.Drawing on interviews with Muslims in ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Producing Islam(s) in Canada

    On Knowledge, Positionality, and Politics

    Edited by Amélie Barras, Jennifer A. Selby, Melanie Adrian ...
    During the last twenty years, public interest in Islam and how Muslims express their religious identity in Western societies has grown exponentially. In parallel, the study of Islam in the Canadian academy has grown in a number of fields since the 1970s, reflecting a diverse range of scholarship, positionalities, and politics. Yet, academic research on Muslims in Canada has not been systematically ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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    Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity

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    $18.99 CAD

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  • Muslim Diaspora

    Gender, Culture and Identity

    Edited by Haideh Moghissi ...
    Series series Routledge Islamic Studies Series
    Muslim Diaspora identifies those aspects of migratory experience that shatter or reinforce a group’s attachment to its homeland and affect its readiness to adapt to a new country.The contributors to this collection examine many dimensions of life in the Diaspora and demonstrate that identity is always constructed in relation to others. They show how religious identity in diaspora is mediated by ... Read more

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  • Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Owen Flanagan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, William Vendley, Anthony Annett, Jesse Thorson ...
    The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world’s religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals?This book presents ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond

    Edited by Paul Bramadat, Lorne Dawson ...
    After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism and security. As governments respond to the potential threat of homegrown radicalism, many observers have become concerned about the impact of those security measures on the minority groups whose lives are “securitized.”In Religious ... Read more

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  • The Public intellectual in Canada

    by Nelson Wiseman ...
    This illuminating, entertaining, and timely volume examines the place and impact of public intellectuals in our rapidly changing and diverse society. Boasting an all-star cast of contributors – including some of Canada’s most prominent writers, journalists, and academics – it probes the role of public discourse and intellectual persuasion in shaping Canada’s past, present, and future.The Public ... Read more

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  • Countering Violent Extremism

    The International Deradicalization Agenda

    by Tahir Abbas ...
    Terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today's polarized social and political world. However, the role of governments and issues relating to state terrorism and the counter-terror state remain important considerations. This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • On the Significance of Religion for Global Diplomacy

    by Philip McDonagh, Kishan Manocha, John Neary, Lucia Vázquez Mendoza ...
    Series series Religion Matters
    What could it mean, in terms of strengthening multilateral diplomacy, if the UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union, and other regional diplomatic frameworks engaged more creatively with a religious perspective?In this ground-breaking volume it is argued that international organisations, backed by governments, can and should use their convening power ... Read more

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  • Canadian Islamic Schools

    Unravelling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge, and Identity

    by Jasmin Zine ...
    Religious schooling in Canada has been a controversial subject since the secularization of the public school system, but there has been little scholarship on Islamic education. In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, and religiously-based educational institutions. Based on eighteen ... Read more

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