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Lori G. Beaman - Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law - 9780774814294 - V9780774814294
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Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law

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Description for Defining Harm: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law Hardback. Offers a genealogy of religious freedom in a social climate of risk and fear. This book is also the story of Bethany Hughes, a member of the Jehovah's Witness, and her legal battle to define the parameters of her medical treatment. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HRAM; LAQ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.

In the past several years religion has increasingly become an integral component of discussions about diversity and multiculturalism in Canada. Of particular concern has been the formulation of limits on religious freedom. Defining Harm explores the ways in which religion and religious freedom are conceptualized and regulated in a cultural context of fear of the “other” and religious “extremism.”

Drawing from literature on risk society, governance, feminist legal theory, and religious rights, Lori Beaman looks at the case of Jehovah’s Witness Bethany Hughes who was denied her right to refuse treatment on the basis of her religious conviction. The B.H. case, ... Read more

A powerful examination of the governance of a religious citizen and of the limits of religious freedom, this book demonstrates that the stakes in debates on religious freedom are not just about beliefs and practices but also have implications for the construction of citizenship in a diverse nation.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Law and Society
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774814294
SKU
V9780774814294
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Ref
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About Lori G. Beaman
Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada at the University of Ottawa.

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