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Preliminary Material / Lori G. Beaman and P. Beyer -- Introduction - Religion and diversity in Canada / Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer -- Chapter One. From far and wide: Canadian religious and cultural diversity in global/local context / Peter Beyer -- Chapter Two. Québec and reasonable accommodation: Uses and misuses of public consultation / Pauline Côté -- Chapter Three. Fearing planes, trains, and automobiles: Sociophobics and the disincentive to religious diversity / Douglas E. Cowan -- Chapter Four. Two by two: Religion, sexuality and diversity in Canada / Pamela Dickey Young -- Chapter Five. Does religion matter? Canadian religious traditions and attitudes toward diversity / Sam Reimer -- Chapter Six. Canadian religious diversity online: A network of possibilities / Christopher Helland -- Chapter Seven. Old structures, new faces: The presence of Wicca and Neopaganism in canadian prison Chaplaincies / Mireille Gagnon -- Chapter Eight. Between law and public opinion: The case of Québec / Solange Lefebvre -- Chapter Nine. A cross-national comparison of approaches to religious diversity: Canada, France and the United States / Lori G. Beaman -- Afterword: Religion, diversity, and the state in Canada / John H. Simpson -- Contributors / Lori G. Beaman and P. Beyer -- Religion and the social order / Lori G. Beaman and P. Beyer.

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Canada officially prides itself on being a multicultural nation, welcoming people from all around the world, and enshrining that status in its Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as in an array of laws and policies that aim to protect citizens from discrimination on various grounds, including race, cultural origin, sexual orientation, and religion. This volume explores the intersection of these diversities, foregrounding religion as the primary focus of analysis. Taking as their point of departure the contested meaning and implications of the term diversity, the various contributions address issues such as the power relations that diversity implies, the cultural context that limits the understanding and practical acceptance of religious diversity, and how Canada compares in these matters to other countries. Taken together the essays therefore elucidate the Canadian case while also having relevance for understanding this critical issue globally.