Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Introduction: Religious Neutrality and the Exercise of Public Authority Richard Moon Benjamin L Berger 1
1 The Meaning and Entailment of the Religious Neutrality of the State: The Case of Public Employees Jocelyn Maclure 11
2 Against Circumspection: Judges, Religious Symbols, and Signs of Moral Independence Benjamin L Berger 23
3 Religious Lawyering and Legal Ethics Faisal Bhabha 41
4 Managing and Imagining Religion in Canada from the Top and the Bottom: 15 Years After Paul Bramadat 61
5 God Keep Our Land: The Legal Ritual of the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission, 1913-16 Pamela E Klassen 79
6 In/Visible Religion in Public Institutions: Canadian Muslim Public Servants Amélie Barras Jennifer A Selby Lori G Beaman 95
7 The Prayer Case Saga in Canada: An 'Expert Insider' Perspective on Praying in the Political and Public Arenas Solange Lefebvre 111
8 Physicians' Rights to Conscientious Objection Bruce Ryder 127
9 Conscientious Objections by Civil Servants: The Case of Marriage Commissioners and Same-Sex Civil Marriages Richard Moon 149
10 A Freedom of Religion-Based Argument for the Regulation of Religious Schools Daniel M Weinstock 167
11 'Open House'/'Portes Ouvertes': Classrooms as Sites of Interfaith Interface Shauna Van Praagh 185
Index 203