Deliberating across Difference: Religious Accommodation and Deliberative Democracy
This paper examines two cases of deliberation on the issue of religious arbitration in Canada: first, the Sharia law debate in Ontario (deliberation in the larger public sphere); and second, a deliberation on religious arbitration in British Columbia (deliberation in a small-scale structured setting...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of law, religion and state
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-61 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canada
/ Deliberative democracy
/ Religious pluralism
/ Publicity
/ Discussion
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
B religious accommodation B religious arbitration B Deliberative Democracy |
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Summary: | This paper examines two cases of deliberation on the issue of religious arbitration in Canada: first, the Sharia law debate in Ontario (deliberation in the larger public sphere); and second, a deliberation on religious arbitration in British Columbia (deliberation in a small-scale structured setting). Relying on both secondary and original data, this article demonstrates that while the Sharia law debate failed to fulfill the key functions of a deliberative engagement, the small-scale deliberation was able to achieve all three functions: participants had the chance to express their opinions; there was ample dialogue and communication evident by increased empathy, perspective-taking ability, and knowledge gains; and finally, participants were able to come to a decision, however broad, together. Through this comparison, the article highlights key barriers to deliberation across differences and concludes with some suggestions for carrying out such engagements in the future. |
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ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-00801003 |