Assessing the Promise of Secularism for a Diverse Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20494322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanja Juric (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Canadian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1180-3991 • E-ISSN: 1923-5291 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijcs.56.2017-0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2896507175 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
The aims and ideals of secularism have increasingly come under scrutiny with the critique that it is underpinned by Christo-normative and colonial assumptions and is therefore inherently inappropriate to represent and govern the needs of a culturally diverse society. This article examines these critiques and responds by suggesting that secularism needs to be rethought and infused with a critical and practical sensibility that aims for inclusivity and engagement instead of neutrality, because aiming at neutrality has often involved ignoring or dismissing religion. What is presented in this article is an argument for a practical form of secularism, one that seeks validity through application and testing, so that it would be better equipped to represent and protect the identity and rights of individuals from a variety of religious backgrounds than an abstract version of secularism, which purports to be neutral yet remains unvetted in this regard
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Neutrality · Normative · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Secularism · Sensibility · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Computer Science · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools
Fundamentalisms observed
The New Cold War?
Religion, European secular identities, and European integration
Provincializing Europe
Islam and the Secular State
Philosophy and the Human Sciences
Democracy and Tradition
The New Cold War
A Secular Age
The Politics of Secularism in International Relations
The Cultural Limits of Legal Tolerance
Formations of the Secular
Notes on Post‐Secular Society
The Limits of Belief
Multiculturalism’s new fault lines
Part three The fault lines of multiculturalism
Moderate Secularism, Religion as Identity and Respect for Religion
Philosophical arguments
The Religious, the Secular, and Literary Studies
In Spite of the Times
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |