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Minimising Religious Conflict and the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act in Victoria, Australia

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posted on 2023-05-17, 21:09 authored by Douglas EzzyDouglas Ezzy
Religious anti-discrimination legislation in Victoria, Australia, constructively facilitates the nonviolent resolution of religious conflict through legislation and litigation. The article demonstrates this argument through two detailed case studies of the 2002 complaint by the Islamic Council of Victoria against Catch the Fire Ministries, an evangelical Christian group, and the 2003 complaints by the Pagan Awareness Network and an Australian Witch. This article draws on Judith Butler's Levinasian analysis of policy responses to conflict to argue that the ethical moment of discourse is inherently violent as the other both threatens me and potentially transforms me. Ethics is how we live in that moment of vulnerability.

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Publication title

Journal for the Academic Study of Religion

Volume

26

Pagination

198-215

ISSN

2047-704X

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Equinox Publishing Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2013 Equinox Publishing Ltd

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Religion and society

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