Religious discrimination and cultural context : a common law perspective /

"Generations of festering culture wars, compounded by actual wars in predominantly Muslim countries, the terrorism of Isis and the ongoing migrant crisis, have all combined to make religious discrimination the most pressing challenge now facing many governments. For the leading common law natio...

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Main Author: O'Halloran, Kerry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2018
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245 1 0 |a Religious discrimination and cultural context :  |b a common law perspective /  |c Kerry O'Halloran 
260 |a Cambridge ;  |a New York ;  |a Port Melbourne ;  |a Delhi ;  |a Singapore :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2018 
300 |a viii, 558 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Religion, culture and religious discrimination -- Religion : the public and the private -- The international framework and themes of religious discrimination -- England and Wales -- Ireland -- The United States of America -- Canada -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Themes of jurisdictional commonality and difference -- Contexting religion, culture and discrimination -- Conclusion 
520 |a "Generations of festering culture wars, compounded by actual wars in predominantly Muslim countries, the terrorism of Isis and the ongoing migrant crisis, have all combined to make religious discrimination the most pressing challenge now facing many governments. For the leading common law nations, with their shared Christian cultural heritage balanced by a growing secularism, the threat presented by this toxic mix has the potential to destabilise civil society. This book suggests that the instances of religious discrimination, as currently legally defined, are constrained by that cultural context, exacerbated by a policy of multiculturalism and in practice conflated with racial, ethnic or other forms of discrimination. Kerry O'Halloran argues that many culture war issues - such as those that surround the pro-choice/pro-life debate and the rights of the LGBT community - can be viewed as rooted in the same Christian morality that underpins the law relating to religious discrimination."--  |c Back cover 
650 0 |a Religious discrimination  |x Law and legislation 
650 0 |a Religion and state 
650 0 |a Freedom of religion 
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