A Canadian Covenant? Covenantal Pluralism and the Fate of a Dominion
Canada seems like an ideal case study of covenantal pluralism. However, on closer inspection of the three basic components of covenantal pluralism—namely, freedom of religion or belief, religious literacy, and virtues and institutions of constructive engagement—the Canadian example is not as rosy as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
The review of faith & international affairs
Year: 2025, Volume: 23, Pages: 33-48 |
| Further subjects: | B
Canada
B freedom of religion or belief B covenantal pluralism B Federalism B constitutionalism B Secularism B Religious Literacy |
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| Summary: | Canada seems like an ideal case study of covenantal pluralism. However, on closer inspection of the three basic components of covenantal pluralism—namely, freedom of religion or belief, religious literacy, and virtues and institutions of constructive engagement—the Canadian example is not as rosy as may initially appear, and its trajectory is especially concerning. The picture we take away is one of a country that is increasingly divided on basic questions of not only freedom of religion, but even whether religion is good or bad, and a related collapse of religious literacy. We see a country which has depended on its prudent, orderly management of diversity for its economic and cultural vitality, but which has badly under-invested in the covenantal infrastructure needed to maintain it. And now, just when economically and demographically, it is most badly needed, it is at the point of—or is perhaps already—breaking. |
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| ISSN: | 1931-7743 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2025.2571309 |
