9 The Ayodhya Dispute: Law’s Imagination and the Functions of the Status Quo

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 3
4. Models of Secularism
5. Multiculturalism and Religious Pluralism in Canada: Intimations of a “Post-Westphalian” Condition 33
6. Religious Diversity and Multicultural Accommodation 55
7. State, Religious Diversity, and the Crisis of Secularism 76
8. Secularism: A Possible Gandhian Reconstruction 95
9. Lessons from the Management of Religious Diversity in Chinese Societies: A Diversity of Approaches to State Control 120
10. Multiculturalism and Religion
11. Justice, Diversity, and Dialogue: Rawlsian Multiculturalism 153
12. The Normativity of Inclusion and Exclusion: Should Multiculturalism Encompass Religious Identities? 169
13. What Can Weberian Sociology Tell Us About Multiculturalism and Religion? 189
14. Religious Majorities
15. The Ayodhya Dispute: Law’s Imagination and the Functions of the Status Quo 211
16. Laws of General Application: The Retreat from Multiculturalism and Its Implications for Religious Freedom 236
17. Theism and the Secular in Canada 253
18. Problems of Recognition
19. The Limits of Multiculturalism in Contemporary India 275
20. An Exploration of Multi-Religiosity within India: The Sahebdhani and the Matua Sects 301
21. The Difference “Difference” Makes: Jainism, Religious Pluralism, and Identity Politics 318
22. Religion Education in a Multicultural Society 333
23. Doing Caste, Making Citizens: Differing Conceptions of Religious Identities and Autonomy in Hindu Law¹ 353
24. Conclusion 381
25. Contributors 393
26. Index 399