Towards an ethics of community : negotiations of difference in a pluralist society /

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Imprint:Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion = Corp. canadienne des Sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 226 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Comparative ethics series ; v. 5
Comparative ethics series ; v. 5.
Subject:Pluralism.
Difference (Philosophy)
Pluralisme.
Différence (Philosophie)
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
Difference (Philosophy)
Pluralism.
Pluralistische Gesellschaft
Ethik
Aufsatzsammlung
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299067
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Other authors / contributors:Olthuis, James H.
Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.
ISBN:0889203393
9780889203396
9780889206601
0889206600
0889203393
9780889203396
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:"This collection of significant essays suggests that to truly honour differences in matters of faith and religion we must publicly exercise and celebrate them. The secular/sacred, public/private divisions--long considered sacred in the West--need to be dismantled if Canada (or any nation state) is to develop a genuine mosaic that embraces fundamental differences instead of a melting pot that marginalizes. An ethics of difference starts with a recognition of difference, not as deviance or deficit that threatens but as otherness to connect with, cherish, and celebrate." "The book begins with the suggestion that our inability to come to terms with social plurality is not fundamentally the fault of religious differences, and that a public/private split inadequately deals with matters of basic difference. It then explores how encouraging people to live out their respective faiths may open new possibilities for respectful, honourable, and just negotiations of contemporary dilemmas arising out of the multicultural fabric of Canadian life." "Towards an Ethics of Community introduces readers to some of the most challenging and divisive dilemmas we face in this increasingly pluralistic, postmodern world--issues such as family and domestic violence, Aboriginal rights, homosexuality and public policy, and female genital mutilation. This is a book truly global in scope and significance. Book jacket."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Towards an ethics of community. Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion = Corp. canadienne des sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000 0889203393