Awards

• Winner of 2019 Book Prize Tthe Canadian Society for the Study of Religion 2020 (Canada)

Overview

The desire to erase the religions of Indigenous Peoples is an ideological fixture of the colonial project that marked the first century of Canada's nationhood. While the ban on certain Indigenous religious practices was lifted after the Second World War, it was not until 1982 that Canada recognized Aboriginal rights, constitutionally protecting the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples. As former prime minister Stephen Harper stated in Canada's apology for Indian residential schools, the desire to destroy Indigenous cultures, including religions, has no place in Canada today. And yet Indigenous religions continue to remain under threat. Framed through a postcolonial lens, What Has No Place, Remains analyses state actions, responses, and decisions on matters of Indigenous religious freedom. The book is particularly concerned with legal cases, such as Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (2017), but also draws on political negotiations, such as those at Voisey's Bay, and standoffs, such as the one at Gustafsen Lake, to generate a more comprehensive picture of the challenges for Indigenous religious freedom beyond Canada's courts. With particular attention to cosmologically significant space, this book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the conceptual, cultural, political, social, and legal reasons why religious freedom for Indigenous Peoples is currently an impossibility in Canada.

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9781487523442

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Reviews

Nicholas Shrubsole's What Has No Place, Remains is an important contribution to the discussion of Indigenous religious freedom in Canada. Shrubsole provides a thorough and compelling analysis of how the Canadian Constitution's multiple apparent promises to Indigenous Peoples have often gone unfulfilled. -- Howard Kislowicz, University of Calgary * <em>Journal of Church and State</em> *

""Nicholas Shrubsole’s What Has No Place, Remains is an important contribution to the discussion of Indigenous religious freedom in Canada. Shrubsole provides a thorough and compelling analysis of how the Canadian Constitution’s multiple apparent promises to Indigenous Peoples have often gone unfulfilled."" - Howard Kislowicz, University of Calgary (Journal of Church and State)

There is no book that takes on the ambitious task that What Has No Place, Remains does, especially in the context of Canada and the Indigenous practices and beliefs linking Indigenous People to the land. - Michael McNally, Department of Religion, Carleton College Working at the intersection of religious, political, legal, and Indigenous studies, this book's multi-disciplinary framework yields numerous insights, both analytically and prescriptively. - Greg Johnson, Department of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

"""Nicholas Shrubsole’s What Has No Place, Remains is an important contribution to the discussion of Indigenous religious freedom in Canada. Shrubsole provides a thorough and compelling analysis of how the Canadian Constitution’s multiple apparent promises to Indigenous Peoples have often gone unfulfilled."" -- Howard Kislowicz, University of Calgary * <em>Journal of Church and State</em> *"

Author Information

Nicholas Shrubsole is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida.

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