Facing the Other: Religious and Community Leaders' Negotiations of Religious Difference in Hobart, Tasmania

This article examines religious and community leaders' perceptions of diversity and the ways in which they, and their communities, negotiate difference. Hobart, in Tasmania, Australia, is experiencing growing religious and ethnic diversity that is posing challenges for existing faith communitie...

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Main Author: Remund, Ariel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2019]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-52
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hobart (Tasmania) / Multi-cultural society / Religious pluralism / Interfaith dialogue
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBS Australia; Oceania
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Multiculturalism
B Religious Diversity
B Social Cohesion
B deep equality
B value consensus
B Hobart
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