Secularization, Dispossession, Forced Deprivatization

The Conditions of Public Religion and the Protection of First Nations’ Sacred Space

Bibliographic Data

ID4866800
AuthorsNicholas Shrubsole (University of Central Florida, corresponding author), Nicholas D Shrubsole (University of Central Florida)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue3
Pages335-359
Publication date2016-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0008429816657256
OpenAlexW2513174401
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

This article examines the effects of secularization and dispossession on the protection of First Nations sacred sites. The separation of religion from the state and the privatization of religion are intricately connected, but religion's relegation to the private sphere is not its permanent location. These processes contribute to the construction of conditions by which religions must conform in order to enter the public arena and debate morally relevant issues. Deprivatization demands a particular type of religion that is susceptible to compromise and negotiation. This leads to two problems for the protection of First Nations sacred sites: (1) the state's control over much of the traditional lands of First Nations and over socio-economic expansion forces First Nations into the public arena to seek the protection of their sacred sites, and (2) there is an intimate connection between First Nations' religious beliefs and the topic of public debate

Compromise · Economics · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public order · Public sphere · Secularization · Sociology · State (computer science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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