Rethinking Canadian Discourses of “Reasonable Accommodation”

Barras, Amélie; Selby, Jennifer A.; Beaman, Lori G.

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“…The very term "cooperation", at least in the Spanish language, seems more constructive and positive than "accommodation"; to cooperate implies "to work together with another or others to achieve a common goal" (Real Academia Española 2022a), while "accommodate" implies "to harmonise, to adjust to a norm, to conform..." (Real Academia Española 2022b). This nuance has also been pointed out in some studies critical of the goodness of the model and the widespread use of the term accommodation (Barras et al 2018;Solanes Corella 2017).…”

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Dealing with Death in a Secular Society: The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain

Azcárate

Basterretxea

2023

Religions

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Death is not only a universal biological fact; for the individual it is the “event horizon”. This fact has important symbolic meanings and complex social consequences. Any society, secular or not, must manage this reality. What response is given to the question of religious phenomenon in general, and to funerary practices in particular, in a secular society in which individuals with different religious sensibilities coexist? This article aims to analyse the response given by the Spanish state to the questions raised regarding burials by Muslim communities, the most widespread minority group in Spain as a whole. This response, which would be framed within what could be called a ‘cooperation model’, has encountered some difficulties as a result of the territorial organisation of the Spanish state. Despite this, the willingness to cooperate on the part of both the administrations that make up the state and the Islamic communities has made a situation of stable coexistence possible.

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Dealing with Death in a Secular Society: The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain

Azcárate

Basterretxea

2023

Religions

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“…They examine how those structures relate to decisions about how to help fellow church members who are in need (Glassman, 2018), how to engage in political activism (Sager, 2018), and even when to marry (Tevington, 2018). The articles in this volume examine how "reasonable accommodation" of religious differences can result in living well-or poorly-together (Barras, Selby, & Beaman, 2018). They do so by examining tensions between nativeborn African-American Muslims and their wealthier, immigrant religious brothers and sisters-in the mosque (Prickett, 2018) and in religious schools (Guhin, 2018).…”

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Editorial: “Complex Religion: Intersections of Religion and Inequality”

Wilde

2018

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What is complex religion and how does it relate to social inclusion? Complex religion is a theory which posits that religion intersects with inequality, especially class, race, ethnicity and gender. The nine articles in this volume examine a wide array of ways that religion intersects with inequality, and how, as a result, it can create barriers to social inclusion. The issue begins with three articles that examine the role of religion and its intersection with race and racialization processes. It then moves to three articles that examine religion's intersection with socioeconomic inequality. The issue closes with three studies of how religion's relationship with the state creates and maintains various status hierarchies, even as some religious movements seek to combat inequality. Together, these articles enrichen our understanding of the complex task before anyone seeking to think about the role of religion in social inclusion.

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“… 4. While debates on the place of religion in public life are present throughout Canada (see Barras et al, 2018 on this point), the province of Quebec has certainly been home to some of the most heated discussions on the topic. It is interesting to note here that the focus of Quebecois debates have both been about limiting the visibility of minority religious symbols in the public sphere, while also at the same time about re-establishing the place of Catholicism as part of Quebec’s heritage and culture (see Beaman, 2013; Zubrzycki, 2016; Meunier and LaFlamme, 2011).…”

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Gazing into the World of Tattoos: An Invitation to Reconsider how we Conceptualize Religious Practices

Barras

Saris

2020

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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Debates around the visibility of religious symbols – including whether and how to regulate them—have been quite vivid in recent years in Canada, and particularly in the province of Quebec. These discussions often focus on minority religious symbols and are based on the premise that symbols can be removed or modified. In fact, Saba Mahmood (2006, 2009) argues that using the term “symbol” precludes de-facto our ability to entertain the possibility that these symbols cannot be removed or modified. Drawing on 15 interviews with religiously tattooed individuals and tattoo artists in Montreal and Toronto, this article explores the practice of religious tattooing. Interestingly, this practice has been overlooked in debates on the regulation of religious symbols, as well as in the scholarly literature covering those debates. In this article, we are interested in thinking about why this is. We also argue that looking at the practice of religious tattooing helps give further credence to Mahmood’s criticism. It broadens our understanding of religious practices, including alerting us to the importance of the idea of ‘lived religion’ in comprehending how these practices can be an essential part of who someone is. While religious tattoos have largely escaped legal regulation, we conclude with a discussion of how they nonetheless remain the object of a regulatory gaze.

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Rethinking Canadian Discourses of “Reasonable Accommodation”

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Dealing with Death in a Secular Society: The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain

Dealing with Death in a Secular Society: The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain

Editorial: “Complex Religion: Intersections of Religion and Inequality”

Gazing into the World of Tattoos: An Invitation to Reconsider how we Conceptualize Religious Practices

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