{"product_id":"indigenous-spiritualities-and-religious-freedom-9781487523794","title":"Indigenous Spiritualities and Religious Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffery Hewitt | Jeffery G. Hewitt | Beverly Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Indigenous Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndigenous Spiritualities and Religious Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the complex relationship between Indigenous legal orders and Canadian law, emphasizing the richness of Indigenous spiritual practices alongside their historical and ongoing suppression by the Canadian state. It critically examines the role and limitations of the Canadian Charter of Right's section 2(a), which guarantees freedom of religion, in protecting the spiritual lives of Indigenous communities.\u003cbr\u003eThe book highlights the holistic nature of Indigenous spiritual beliefs, which view the spiritual as immanent and closely tied to land and specific locations. The book reveals how, by contrast, the Anglo-American conception of religious freedom often separates spiritual and religious matters from civic and political concerns, and so fails to provide meaningful protection for Indigenous cultural and spiritual practices. \u003cbr\u003eMany essays in this collection propose alternative approaches to the relationship between Canadian law and Indigenous legal orders, particularly regarding Indigenous spiritual practices. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eIndigenous Spiritualities and Religious Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the challenges - and perhaps the futility - of seeking significant protection for Indigenous spiritual practices within the existing framework of religious freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888008675479,"sku":"9781487523794","price":3661.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781487523794.webp?v=1781162912","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/indigenous-spiritualities-and-religious-freedom-9781487523794","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}