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This book is a joint project of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria. Authors were recruited and then met to present first drafts of their chapters at a seminar hosted by the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria in October 2000. Faculty and graduate students attended and helped with the critique of draft chapters. Authors then revised their chapters for presentation in this volume. Funding for this book project was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Special thanks are due to Connie Carter (administrator ) and Moira Hill (secretary) of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society for organizing the project meeting and preparing the manuscript for publication. Harold Coward Gordon S. Smith vii A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S ...

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