The Transition of Religion to Culture in Law and Public Discourse / (Record no. 37858)
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| fixed length control field | 02117nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781032237459 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng- |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.6 |
| Item number | BEA-T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Beaman, Lori G. |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Transition of Religion to Culture in Law and Public Discourse / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Lori G. Beaman |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Newyork : |
| Name of publisher | Routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 190p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and practices into culture in Western democracies. Analyses of three legal cases involving religion in the public sphere are used to illuminate this trend: a municipal council chamber; a town hall; and town board meetings. Each case involves a different national context—Canada, France and the United States—and each illustrates something interesting about the shape-shifting nature of religion, specifically its flexibility and dexterity in the face of the secular, the religious and the plural. Despite the differences in national contexts, in each instance religion is transformed into culture or heritage by the courts to justify or excuse its presence and to distance the state from the possibility that it is violating legal norms of distance from religion. The cultural practice or symbol is represented as a shared national value or activity. Transforming the ‘Other’ into ‘Us’ through reconstitution is also possible. Finally, anxiety about the ‘Other’ becomes part of the story of rendering religion as culture, resulting in the impugning of anyone who dares to question the putative shared culture.<br/><br/>The book will be essential reading for students, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of sociology of religion, religious studies, socio-legal studies, law and public policy, constitutional law, religion and politics, and cultural studies. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Religion and state. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Church and state |
| Geographic subdivision | Québec (Province). |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Church and state |
| Geographic subdivision | France. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Church and state |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2023-03-16 | Overseas | 0.00 | 306.6 BEA-T | 53604 | 0.00 | 2023-06-02 | Books |