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What has no place, remains : the challenges for Indigenous religious freedom in Canada today
- Title
- What has no place, remains : the challenges for Indigenous religious freedom in Canada today / Nicholas Shrubsole.
- Author
- Shrubsole, Nicholas, 1981-
- Publication
- Toronto, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York ; London, England : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- xx, 254 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The desire to erase the religions of Indigenous Peoples is an ideological fixture of the colonial project marking the first century of Canada' nationhood. While the ban on certain Indigenous religious practices was lifted after World War II, it was not until 1982 that Canada recognized Aboriginal rights, constitutionally protecting the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples. As former Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated in Canada's apology for Indian Residential Schools, the desire to destroy Indigenous cultures, including religions, has no place in Canada today. Yet, Indigenous religions remain under threat. Drawing on philosophical, sociological, cultural, and legal theories, What Has No Place, Remains analyzes state actions, responses, and decisions on matters of Indigenous religious freedom. With particular attention to cosmologically significant space, this book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the conceptual, cultural, political, social, and legal reasons why religious freedom for Indigenous Peoples is currently an impossibility in Canada. Framed through a postcolonial lens and eight interrelated challenges for religious freedom, the book examines the impacts of an expanding, yet shallow, interpretation of religious freedom, secularization, and competing legal frameworks. The book is particularly concerned with legal cases, such as Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (2017), but also draws on political negotiations, such as those at Voisey's Bay, and standoffs such as the one at Gustafsen Lake, to generate a more comprehensive picture of the challenges for Indigenous religious freedom beyond Canada's courts"--
- Subject
- Freedom of religion > Canada
- Indians of North America > Canada > Religion
- Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
- Indigenous peoples > Canada > Religion
- Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
- Indigenous peoples > Religion
- Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc
- Freedom of religion
- Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc
- Indians of North America > Religion
- Aboriginal Canadians > Aboriginal rights
- Aboriginal Canadians > Relations with government
- Aboriginal Canadians > Traditional spirituality
- Canada
- Indians
- Religion
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Canada
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The depth of religious freedom -- Secularization, dispossession, and forced deprivatization -- Religions plus? Competing frameworks of Indigenous religious freedom -- Dealing with diversity poorly and the Gustafsen Lake standoff -- The duty to consult and accommodate -- The potential and limits of international mechanisms of redress -- Conclusion: Challenges for reconciliation.
- ISBN
- 9781487523442
- 1487523440
- 9781487504700
- 1487504705
- LCCN
- 2019296032
- OCLC
- on1089980159
- 1089980159
- SCSB-9528629
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library