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  • The Transition of Religion to Culture in Law and Public Discourse

    by Lori Beaman ...
    Series series ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
    This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and practices into culture in Western democracies. Analyses of three legal cases involving religion in the public sphere are used to illuminate this trend: a municipal council chamber; a town hall; and town board meetings. Each case involves a different national context—Canada, France and the United States—and each ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Varieties of Religious Establishment

    by Lori G. Beaman ...
    Series series AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
    Advocacy for religious freedom has become a global project while religion, and the management of religion, has become of increasing interest to scholars across a wider range of disciplines. Rather than adopting the common assumption that religious freedom is simply incompletely realized, the authors in this book suggest that the starting point for understanding religion in public life today should ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity

    by Lori G. Beaman ...
    While religious conflict receives plenty of attention, the everyday negotiation of religious diversity does not. Questions of how to accommodate religious minorities and of the limits of tolerance resonate in a variety of contexts and have become central preoccupations for many Western democracies. What might we see if we turned our attention to the positive narratives and success stories of the ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Religion in the Public Sphere

    Canadian Case Studies

    Edited by Solange Lefebvre, Lori G. Beaman ...
    The place of religion in the public realm is the subject of frequent and lively debate in the media, among academics and policymakers, and within communities. With this edited collection, Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman bring together a series of case studies of religious groups and practices from all across Canada that re-examine and question the classic distinction between the public and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • 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

    $23.79 USD

  • Nonreligious Imaginaries of World Repairing

    Edited by Lori G. Beaman, Timothy Stacey ...
    The world is confronted with multiple intersecting crises including exploitation, inequality, political polarization and climate change. World-repairing work is vitally needed. But just at a time when humans most obviously require robust moral imaginaries on which to draw, it is no longer clear what kinds of beliefs, meanings, stories and encounters inspire them to act. We know that nonreligious ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Living with Religious Diversity

    Edited by Sonia Sikka, Bindu Puri, Lori G. Beaman ...
    Looking beyond exclusively state-oriented solutions to the management of religious diversity, this book explores ways of fostering respectful, non-violent and welcoming social relations among religious communities. It examines the question of how to balance religious diversity, individual rights and freedoms with a common national identity and moral consensus. The essays discuss the interface ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Towards Gender Equity in Development

    Edited by Siwan Anderson, Lori Beaman, Jean-Philippe Platteau ...
    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination, women in the developing world often lack autonomy. Towards Gender Equity in Development brings together leading scholars working on gender issues to explore key sources of female empowerment and discuss the current challenges and opportunities for the future. Exploring three key domains, this book adopts a clear multi-disciplinary ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Multiculturalism and Religious Identity

    Canada and India

    by Sonia Sikka, Lori Beaman ...
    How, and to what extent, can religion be included within commitments to multiculturalism? Multiculturalism and Religious Identity addresses this question by examining the political recognition and management of religious identity in Canada and India.In multicultural policy, practice, and literature, religion has until recently not been included within broader discussions of multiculturalism, ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Constructions of Self and Other in Yoga, Travel, and Tourism

    A Journey to Elsewhere

    Edited by Lori G. Beaman, Sonia Sikka ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume considers the phenomenon of yoga travel as an instance of a broader genre of ‘spiritual travel’ involving journeys to places ‘elsewhere’, which are imagined to offer the possibility of profound personal transformation. These imaginings are tied up in a continued exoticization of the East, but they are not limited to that. Contributors identify various themes such as authenticity, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Atheist Identities - Spaces and Social Contexts

    Edited by Lori G. Beaman, Steven Tomlins ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The essays in this book not only examine the variety of atheist expression and experience in the Western context, they also explore how local, national and international settings may contribute to the shaping of atheist identities. By addressing identity at these different levels, the book explores how individuals construct their own atheist—or non-religious—identity, how they construct community ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Equity Policies in Global Higher Education

    Reducing Inequality and Increasing Participation and Attainment

    Edited by Orlanda Tavares, Carla Sá, Cristina Sin, Alberto Amaral ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book discusses and analyses global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. Although the massification of higher education systems has facilitated the participation of students from deprived backgrounds, socioeconomic inequalities persist in access to the most prestigious institutions and programmes. Privileged students benefit from a ... Read more

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