POLI 3521 CLASS PRESENTATIONS

WEEK OF

January 9: Overview of Contemporary Controversies Concerning Religion and Politics in Canada &Theoretical Reflections On Religion And Political Society

· Farrow (ed.), Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society, ch. 2: Ashley Van Damme (Wed)

· Farrow, ch. 3: Bailey Thalheimer (Fri)

Jan. 16: Theoretical Reflections On Religion And Political Society

· Farrow (ed.), Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society, ch. 4: Angela Jeffrey (Mon)

· Farrow, ch. 5-6

Jan. 23: Theoretical Reflections On Religion And Political Society

· Farrow (ed.), Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society, chs. 7

· H. Tristam Engelhardt, “Taking Moral Difference Seriously”: Luke Malcolm (Wed)

· Farrow, ch. 9

Jan. 30: Religion in Canada’s Constitutional History

· *Frederick Vaughan, “A Nation of Christians”: Vivian Miller (Mon)

· *Janet Ajzenstat, “Durham and Tocqueville on Religion”: Dempsey Gray (Wed)

· *George Egerton, “Trudeau, God, and the Canadian Constitution: Religion, Human Rights, and Government Authority in the Making of the 1982 Constitution”: Brad Quarin (Fri)

Feb. 6: Religion In Canada’s Constitutional History

· (e)Rainer Knopff, “Quebec’s ‘Holy War’ as ‘Regime’ Politics: Reflections on the Guibord Case,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 12:2 (1979): 315-331 (Mon)

· *Ultramontanism “The Programme Catholique: The Next Elections” & “Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Quebec”: Sami Saretsky (Wed)

· *The Right Reverend John Strachan, “On Church Establishment” (Wed)

· *Wilfred Laurier, “Political Liberalism”: Jennifer Yakimyshyn (Fri)

Feb. 13: Civil Religion?

· *Barry Cooper, “Quebec Nationalism and Canadian Politics in Light of Voegelin’s Political Religions”: Luke Stone (Mon)

· *Kim, A., 1993, "The Absence of Pan-Canadian Civil Religion: Plurality, Duality, and Conflict in Symbols of Canadian Culture", Sociology of Religion, 54, 257-275: Jared McKenzie (Wed)

· *John von Heyking, “Religious Freedoms Under Canada’s Ephemeral Monster” (Fri)

Feb. 20: Ski Week

Feb. 27: Voting Behavior & Groups

· (e) Richard Johnston, The Reproduction of the Religious Cleavage in Canadian Elections,” Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Vol. 18, No. 1. (Mar., 1985), pp. 99-113: Nicole Barss (Mon)

· (e) James Guth and Cleveland R. Fraser, “Religion and Partisanship in Canada,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, March 2001: 51-64. (Wed)

· (e) Eric Uslander, “Religion and Civic Engagement in Canada and the U.S.,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 41(2) 2002: 239-54: Tamara Sudar (Fri)

Mar. 6: Groups

· (e) Dennis R. Hoover, Michael D. Martinez, Samuel Reimer, Kenneth D. Wald, “Evangelicalism Meets the Continental Divide: Moral and Economic Conservatism in the United States and Canada,” Political Research Quarterly, 55(2) June 2002: 351-74: Mike Low (Mon)

· (e) Dennis Hoover and Kevin Den Dulk, “Christian Conservatives Go to Court: Religion and Legal Mobilization in the United States and Canada,” International Studies Review, (2004), 25(1): 9-34: Jennifer Braaten (Wed)

· (e) Marion Boyd, “Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion” (Boyd Report on the use of the Shari’ah for family arbitration), sections 6 & 8 (http://www.nosharia.com/fullreport.pdf) (Fri)

· (e) Lori G. Beaman, “Aboriginal Spirituality and the Legal Construction of Freedom of Religion,” Journal of Church and State, vol. 44, Winter 2002 (Fri): Pam Blood

Mar. 13: Education

· (e) Linda A. White, “Liberalism, Group Rights and the Boundaries of Toleration: The Case of Minority Religious Schools in Ontario,” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 36(5) December 2003, pp 975-1003: Noah Heninger (Mon)

· (e) John L. Hiemstra and Robert A. Brink, “Faith-Based School Choice for Alberta: The Advent of a Pluriform Model?”: Andrea LeBaron (Wed)

· *Lois Sweet, God in the Classroom, chaps 11 & 12 (Fri)

Mar. 20: Constitutional Law

All SC decisions are archived here: http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/index.html

· R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd.,  [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295: Andrew MacDonald (Mon)

· R. v. Jones,  [1986] 2 S.C.R. 284

Mar. 27: Constitutional Law

· Young v. Young,  [1993] 4 S.C.R. 3

· R. v. Gruenke,  [1991] 3 S.C.R. 263

· B. (R.) v. Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto,  [1995] 1 S.C.R. 315

April 3: Constitutional Law

· Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers,  [2001] 1 S.C.R. 772: Stephen Higham (Mon)

· Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 710

April 10: Conclusion

· *Peter Emberley, “Faith and Modernity” & “Conclusion” (from Divine Hunger: Canadians on Spiritual Walkabout)

· *Eric Voegelin, “Equivalences of Experience”