Deep equality in an era of religious diversity /
A sociological study which traces deep equality by focusing on positive narratives of people working out and accepting religious differences in everyday life.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction; 2: The Difference `Difference ́Makes; Difference and the `Problem ́of Diversity; A More Subtle and Supple Approach; Lived Religion; The Consequences of Identity Rigidity; Is Diversity Good?; `A Certain Fragility:́ Difference and Diversity in Everyday Life; 3: Alternative Narratives and Getting to Deep Equality; Between Sameness and Difference: A Focus on Similarity and Commonality; Cooperation and Competition.
- Contaminated Diversity: Complicating Social Life and Religious IdentityConclusion: You are Christian, I am Sikh, but it doesnt́ Matter; 4: Practices from Everyday Life: Mobilizing Values and Strategies; Agonistic Respect; Caring and Humour; Forgiveness; Beyond the Individual; Community and Caring; Cook a Pot of Curry; The Brossard Soccer Team; The Human Library Project; Conclusion: Shifting the Focus; 5: Tolerance and Accommodation: A Brief Genealogy; The Birth of Tolerance; Reasonable Accommodation; The Legal Space of Reasonable Accommodation; From Law to Civil Society.
- From Civil Society to Civic CultureDecentring Reasonable Accommodation; 6: `The People who Run the World ... :́ Reclaiming Equality from Law; Love in Law; The Multani Case; Conclusion: An Extra-Legal Equality?; 7: Conclusion: Getting to Deep Equality; Resistance and Obstacles; Defensive Scepticism: `Well-Meaning but Naïve ́and `Utopian and Unrealistic;́ Methodological Challenges; Final Challenges: Narratives of Competition and Tolerance and the Weight of Law; Hard Work, Hope, and Complex Futures; The Challenge of the Future: The Religious and the Non-Religious; References.