Religion and the Exercise of Public Authority (Hardcover)

Introduction: Religious Neutrality and the Exercise of Public Authority Richard Moon and Benjamin L Berger 1. The Meaning and Entailment of the Religious Neutrality of the State: The Case of Public Employees Jocelyn Maclure 2. Against Circumspection: Judges, Religious Symbols, and Signs of Moral Independence Benjamin L Berger 3. Religious Lawyering and Legal Ethics Faisal Bhabha 4. Managing and Imagining Religion in Canada from the Top and the Bottom: 15 Years After Paul Bramadat 5. God Keep Our Land: The Legal Ritual of the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission, 1913-16 Pamela E Klassen 6. In/Visible Religion in Public Institutions: Canadian Muslim Public Servants Amelie Barras, Jennifer A Selby and Lori G Beaman 7. The Prayer Case Saga in Canada: An 'Expert Insider' Perspective on Praying in the Political and Public Arenas Solange Lefebvre 8. Physicians' Rights to Conscientious Objection Bruce Ryder 9. Conscientious Objections by Civil Servants: The Case of Marriage Commissioners and Same-Sex Civil Marriages Richard Moon 10. A Freedom of Religion-Based Argument for the Regulation of Religious Schools Daniel M Weinstock 11. 'Open House'/'Portes Ouvertes': Classrooms as Sites of Interfaith Interface Shauna Van Praagh