Indian Residential Schools: a governmental assault on religious freedom
In 2008 Canada's Prime Minister apologized to survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, which had operated for almost a century, and were intended to assimilate Aboriginal children into the dominant society. Some survivors appreciated the gesture. Others were critical, especially of the...
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| Язык: | Английский |
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Sage
[2015]
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Studies in religion
Год: 2015, Том: 44, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 441-456 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Kanada
/ Индеец (мотив)
/ Миссионерская школа
/ Интернат
/ Свобода вероисповедания
/ Нарушение
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| Индексация IxTheo: | AD Социология религии BB Этнические религии KBQ Северная Америка RF Катехитика RJ Миссионерство |
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| Итог: | In 2008 Canada's Prime Minister apologized to survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, which had operated for almost a century, and were intended to assimilate Aboriginal children into the dominant society. Some survivors appreciated the gesture. Others were critical, especially of the Prime Minister’s description of the schools as a "mistake" rather than a crime, which they convincingly argue they were, with respect to the crime of genocide. I will suggest in this essay that this was not the only omission - that the school system also profoundly violated religious freedom. By exploring dominant Canadian narratives concerning religious freedom, I will highlight the way in which: (i) the system was intended to be a religious assault; (ii) the system contravened dominant understandings of freedom of religion; and (iii) dominant understandings of religion have marginalized Aboriginal religion, such that the profoundly religious character of the residential school assault has yet to be fully confronted. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-4298 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Studies in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0008429815605774 |