Table of Contents
Contents
Preface vii
About the Editors x
Contributors x
Chapter One: Beyond Christian Canada: Religion and Ethnicity
in a Multicultural Society 1
Paul BramadatPART ONE:ETHNIC IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIESChapter Two:Hindus in Canada: Negotiating Identity in a
"Different"
Homeland 30
Sikata Banerjee and Harold CowardChapter Three:Sikhs in Canada:
Identity and Commitment 52
Cynthia Keppley MahmoodChapter Four:Buddhists in Canada:
Impermanence in a Land
of Change 69
Mathieu BoisvertChapter Five:The Chinese in Canada: Their
Unrecognized Religion 89
David Chuenyan Lai, Jordan Paper, and Li Chuang PaperChapter
Six:Jews in Canada: A Travelling Cantor on the Prairie,
and Other Pictures of Canadian Jewish Life 111
Norman RavvinChapter Seven:Muslims in Canada: From Ethnic Groups to
Religious
Community 133
Sheila McDonough and Homa HoodfarPART TWO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC
POLICYChapter Eight:Religion and Public Policy: Immigration,
Citizenship, and Multiculturalism—Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner? 154
John Biles and Humera IbrahimChapter Nine:Education,
Multiculturalism, and Religion 178
David SeljakChapter Ten:Health Care, Religion, and Ethnic
Diversity
in Canada 201
Peter H. StephensonChapter Eleven:Toward a New Story about Religion
and Ethnicity
in Canada 222
Paul Bramadat and David SeljakAppendix:Demographics of Religious
Identification
in Canada 235
Compiled by Peter Beyer
Index 241
About the Author
Paul Bramadat is a professor and director of the Centre for Studies
in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. His previous
works include Religious Radicalization in Canada and Beyond and
Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada both published by University
of Toronto Press.
David Seljak is an associate professor at St. Jerome's University
and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University
of Waterloo.
