Dissonant Child: Grassroots Interfaith in a Multicultural Canada
| dc.contributor.author | Lye, Matthew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-19T15:45:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-19T15:45:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06-19T15:45:55Z | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | While Canada's increasing ethnic and racial diversity have received a great deal of attention in recent years, the pluralization of its religious makeup has been largely ignored. As a result, political and societal responses to religious diversity have been mixed. This study highlights one response to religious difference at the community level. Using qualitative research methods I highlight the ways in which Interfaith Grand River, a group of religiously diverse individuals in Kitchener-Waterloo Ontario, "build bridges" between local religious groups and the larger K-W community. I use the theories of Charles Taylor and Jurgen Habermas, among others, to locate IGR's dialogue-centred approach within larger discussions about the importance of recognizing religion and religious difference in the public sphere. I argue that interfaith practices are a "dissonant child" of multicultural policies, sharing an emphasis on inclusion while critiquing multiculturalism' blindness to religious issues. From this, I argue that faith-based diversity needs to be addressed not only in national policies, but also in communities through individual relationship building and dialogue. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6797 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.pending | false | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
| dc.subject | Canadian Multiculturalism | en |
| dc.subject | Interfaith | en |
| dc.subject.program | Sociology | en |
| dc.title | Dissonant Child: Grassroots Interfaith in a Multicultural Canada | en |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
| uws-etd.degree | Master of Arts | en |
| uws-etd.degree.department | Sociology | en |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
| uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |