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As the leading book in its field, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada has been embraced by scholars, teachers, students, and policy makers as a breakthrough study of Canadian religio-ethnic diversity and its impact on multiculturalism. A team of established scholars looks at the relationships between religious and ethnic identity in Canada's six largest minority religious communities: Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims and practitioners of Chinese religion. The chapters also highlight the ethnic diversity extant within these traditions in order to offer a more nuanced appreciation of the variety of lived experiences of members of these communities.
Together, the contributors develop consistent themes throughout the volume, among them the changing nature of religious practice and ideas, current demographics, racism, and the role of women. Chapters related to the public policy issues of healthcare, education and multiculturalism show how new ethnic and religious diversity are challenging and changing Canadian institutions and society. Comprehensive and insightful, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada makes a unique contribution to the study of world religions in Canada.
Contents
Contents
Preface vii
About the Editors x
Contributors x
Chapter One: Beyond Christian Canada: Religion and Ethnicity
in a Multicultural Society 1
Paul BramadatPART ONE:ETHNIC IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIESChapter Two:Hindus in Canada: Negotiating Identity in a "Different"
Homeland 30
Sikata Banerjee and Harold CowardChapter Three:Sikhs in Canada: Identity and Commitment 52
Cynthia Keppley MahmoodChapter Four:Buddhists in Canada: Impermanence in a Land
of Change 69
Mathieu BoisvertChapter Five:The Chinese in Canada: Their Unrecognized Religion 89
David Chuenyan Lai, Jordan Paper, and Li Chuang PaperChapter Six:Jews in Canada: A Travelling Cantor on the Prairie,
and Other Pictures of Canadian Jewish Life 111
Norman RavvinChapter Seven:Muslims in Canada: From Ethnic Groups to Religious
Community 133
Sheila McDonough and Homa HoodfarPART TWO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICYChapter Eight:Religion and Public Policy: Immigration,
Citizenship, and Multiculturalism—Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner? 154
John Biles and Humera IbrahimChapter Nine:Education, Multiculturalism, and Religion 178
David SeljakChapter Ten:Health Care, Religion, and Ethnic Diversity
in Canada 201
Peter H. StephensonChapter Eleven:Toward a New Story about Religion and Ethnicity
in Canada 222
Paul Bramadat and David SeljakAppendix:Demographics of Religious Identification
in Canada 235
Compiled by Peter BeyerIndex 241
