Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity

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ID20021116
AuthorsL G Beaman (0000-0002-0424-8586, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-06-22
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDeep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198803485.001.0001
OpenAlexW2970331735
ISBN9780198803485
LanguageEN
Citations received51

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 everyday working out of religious difference? Rather than ‘tolerance’ and ‘accommodation’, and through the stories of ordinary people, this book traces deep equality, which is found in the respect, humour, neighbourliness, and friendship of seemingly mundane interactions. Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity posits that the telling of such stories can create an alternative narrative to that of diversity as a problem to be solved. It does so by exploring the non-event, or micro-processes of interaction that constitute the foundation for deep equality and the conditions under which deep equality emerges, exists, and sometimes flourishes. Although the focus of this book is deep equality and its existence and persistence in relation to religious difference, deep equality is located beyond the realm of religion. This book draws from the work of those whose primary focus is not in fact religion, and who are doing their own ‘deep equality’ work in other domains, illustrating especially why equality matters. By retelling and exploring stories of negotiation it is possible to reshape our social imaginary to better facilitate what works, which varies from place to place and time to time

Aesthetics · Art · Diversity (politics) · Friendship · Literature · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Realm · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Religion, Society, and Development

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