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A comparative study of the successful management of religious diversity: Melbourne and Hong Kong

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posted on 2004-03-01, 00:00 authored by G D Bouma, Andrew SingletonAndrew Singleton
The study of the management of religious diversity has largely proceeded non-comparatively at national and organizational levels. As a result it is not yet possible to declare what promotes and what hinders the emergence of harmonious inter-religious relations in religiously diverse societies. This article compares the management of religious diversity at an urban level through a comparison of Melbourne, Australia and Hong Kong. The article first describes the demographic history of these two cities and then explores their social institutions of religion and organizations promoting inter-religious harmony in order to find explanations for the postwar emergence of societies characterized by both religious diversity and inter-religious harmony. Finally, it reflects on the policy implications of these findings.

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Journal

International sociology

Volume

19

Issue

1

Pagination

5 - 24

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

0268-5809

eISSN

1461-7242

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2004, SAGE

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