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Growing Up CanadianMuslims, Hindus, Buddhists |
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A ground-breaking, comparative study of how second-generation young adults from immigrant families relate to the religions of their backgrounds.
A significant number of Canadian-raised children from post-1970s immigrant families have reached adulthood over the past decade. As a result, the demographics of religious affiliation are changing across Canada. Growing Up Canadian is the first comparative study of religion among young adults of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist immigrant families.
Contributors consider how relating to religion varies significantly depending on which faith is in question, how men and women have different views on the role of religion in their lives, and how the possibilities of being religiously different are greater in larger urban centres than in surrounding rural communities. Interviews with over two hundred individuals, aged 18 to 26, reveal that few are drawn to militant, politicized religious extremes, how almost all second generation young adults take personal responsibility for their religion, and want to understand the reasons for their beliefs and practices.
The first major study of religion among this generation in Canada, Growing Up Canadian is an important contribution to understanding religious diversity and multiculturalism in the twenty-first century.
Contributors include Peter Beyer, Kathryn Carrière, Wendy Martin, and Lori Beaman (University of Ottawa), Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University), Nancy Nason-Clark and Cathy Holtmann (University of New Brunswick), Shandip Saha (Athabasca University), John H. Simpson (University of Toronto), and Marie-Paule Martel-Reny (Concordia University).
Contributors consider how relating to religion varies significantly depending on which faith is in question, how men and women have different views on the role of religion in their lives, and how the possibilities of being religiously different are greater in larger urban centres than in surrounding rural communities. Interviews with over two hundred individuals, aged 18 to 26, reveal that few are drawn to militant, politicized religious extremes, how almost all second generation young adults take personal responsibility for their religion, and want to understand the reasons for their beliefs and practices.
The first major study of religion among this generation in Canada, Growing Up Canadian is an important contribution to understanding religious diversity and multiculturalism in the twenty-first century.
Contributors include Peter Beyer, Kathryn Carrière, Wendy Martin, and Lori Beaman (University of Ottawa), Rubina Ramji (Cape Breton University), Nancy Nason-Clark and Cathy Holtmann (University of New Brunswick), Shandip Saha (Athabasca University), John H. Simpson (University of Toronto), and Marie-Paule Martel-Reny (Concordia University).
Details
Part of the McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History Series (number 2.32 in series)
360 Pages, 6 x 9
17 tables, 3 diagrams
ISBN 9780773541375
August 2013
Formats: Cloth, Paperback, eBook
“Growing Up Canadian presents important findings that will be invaluable to the way we think about contemporary religion and identity. Students, scholars, government policy-makers, and everyday readers will find this book fascinating.” Alison Marshall, Department of Religion, Brandon University
Peter Beyer is professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa.
Rubina Ramji is associate professor of religious studies at Cape Breton University.
Rubina Ramji is associate professor of religious studies at Cape Breton University.
Tables and Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Growing Up Canadian: Systemic and Lived Religion 3
Peter Beyer
2 Data and Methods: University Settings in Toronto, Ottawa,
and Montreal 21
John H. Simpson and Peter Beyer
3 Young Adults and Religion in Canada: A Statistical Overview 35
Peter Beyer and Wendy K. Martin
4 Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism: Differential Reconstruction of Religions 53
Peter Beyer
5 From Atheism to Open Religiosity: Muslim Men 74
Peter Beyer
6 A Variable but Convergent Islam: Muslim Women 112
Rubina Ramji
7 Perpetuating Religion and Culture: Hindu Women 145
Nancy Nason-Clark and Cathy Holtmann
8 A Dominance of Marginal Relations: Hindu Men 167
Shandip Saha and Peter Beyer
9 Maybe, in the Future: Buddhist Men 192
Peter Beyer
10 Fluid Boundaries of a Tolerant Religion: Buddhist Women 213
Marie-Paule Martel-Reny and Peter Beyer
11 The Difference that Gender Makes 235
Lori Beaman, Nancy Nason-Clark, and Rubina Ramji
12 Growing Up in Toronto: Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists 262
Kathryn Carrière
13 Growing Up in Canada, the United States, and Western Europe 290
Peter Beyer
Appendix 307
Notes 317
References 325
Contributors 337
Index 341
Acknowledgments xi
1 Growing Up Canadian: Systemic and Lived Religion 3
Peter Beyer
2 Data and Methods: University Settings in Toronto, Ottawa,
and Montreal 21
John H. Simpson and Peter Beyer
3 Young Adults and Religion in Canada: A Statistical Overview 35
Peter Beyer and Wendy K. Martin
4 Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism: Differential Reconstruction of Religions 53
Peter Beyer
5 From Atheism to Open Religiosity: Muslim Men 74
Peter Beyer
6 A Variable but Convergent Islam: Muslim Women 112
Rubina Ramji
7 Perpetuating Religion and Culture: Hindu Women 145
Nancy Nason-Clark and Cathy Holtmann
8 A Dominance of Marginal Relations: Hindu Men 167
Shandip Saha and Peter Beyer
9 Maybe, in the Future: Buddhist Men 192
Peter Beyer
10 Fluid Boundaries of a Tolerant Religion: Buddhist Women 213
Marie-Paule Martel-Reny and Peter Beyer
11 The Difference that Gender Makes 235
Lori Beaman, Nancy Nason-Clark, and Rubina Ramji
12 Growing Up in Toronto: Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists 262
Kathryn Carrière
13 Growing Up in Canada, the United States, and Western Europe 290
Peter Beyer
Appendix 307
Notes 317
References 325
Contributors 337
Index 341
