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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, as it was known in the courts, reflects a particular moment in the socio-legal treatment of religious freedom and reveals the specific intersection of religious, medical, legal, and other discourses in the governance of the religious citizen.

A powerful examination of the governance of a religious citize

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: The Culture of Fear and the Risk Paradigm

2 Body, Mind, and Soul: The Notion of Governance

3 Risk and Excess

4 A Free and Informed Will

5 Conclusion: Governmentality, Risk, and Religious Freedom

Notes

References

Index

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      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 1 July 2008
      ISBN-13 9780774814300
      978-0774814300
      ISBN-10 0774814306
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      Religious issues and debates

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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, as it was known in the courts, reflects a particular moment in the socio-legal treatment of religious freedom and reveals the specific intersection of religious, medical, legal, and other discourses in the governance of the religious citizen.

      A powerful examination of the governance of a religious citize

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      1 Introduction: The Culture of Fear and the Risk Paradigm

      2 Body, Mind, and Soul: The Notion of Governance

      3 Risk and Excess

      4 A Free and Informed Will

      5 Conclusion: Governmentality, Risk, and Religious Freedom

      Notes

      References

      Index

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