Although 19.3 million people reported a Christian affiliation in the 2021 Canadian census (representing just over half of the Canadian…
Competing narratives of the “us” in “our culture and heritage”
multiculturalism
Law’s Religion—An introduction
In Theory From the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa, Jean and John Comaroff consider the juridification of…
Why citizenship (still) matters in France
In the wake of the November 13 terrorist attack, French president François Hollande decided to reinforce France’s security legislation. In…
The Charter of Quebec Values derailed
On April 7th the Quebec Liberal Party won a majority government in the 41st Quebec general election, with incumbent Parti…
The Charter of Quebec Values
On November 7th, 2013, on the heels of a heated public debate about the role of religion in public life,…
A Kingdom that no longer says Whatever
As a scholar working and living in the Netherlands, I apparently live in a state of affairs in which disinterested…
Religious freedom and multiculturalism: Canadian contentions
In its annual survey, “Minority Religious Communities At Risk,” the First Freedom Center of Virginia observed intensified contention over the…
Faith, modernity and Holy Ignorance
At Foreign Affairs, Karen Barkey looks at Oliver Roy's book Holy Ignorance.
Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration
In Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration, editors Anna C. Korteweg and Jennifer A. Selby gather a…
Genealogy and plurality
Simon During’s essay begins with a taxonomy that is harmlessly at odds with my own classification. He uses the term…