This book provides a multidisciplinary and comparative look at the contemporary phenomenon of conscientious objection or contestation in the name of religion and examines the key issues that emerge in terms of citizenship and democracy.

Introduction. Contesting in the Name of Religion? Part I. Theoretical Issues 1. Protecting Freedom of Conscience in a Constitutional State 2. Contesting Philosophical Secularism: The Case for Pluralist Secularism 3. Are there Consequentialist Grounds for Exempting Religious Health-Care Professionals from Medical Assistance in Dying? Part II. Spaces of Contestation 4. Freedom of Conscience in Private Companies: An Economic or a Political Problem? 5. Should Conscience Clauses in Belgian Health Care be Institutionalised? 6. Advocating in Ecology through Meditation: A Case Study on the Swiss "Inner Transition" Network 7. "We Don't Wanna Be Outlaws'': Hasidic Jews and their Allies Contest Municipal Bylaws in a Montreal Neighbourhood Part III. The Rhetoric of Contestation 8. Secular and Religious Reasons for Conscientious Objection: The Case of Medical Assistance in Dying 9. The Impossibility of Contesting in the Name of Religion? Comparative Perspective on Assistance in Dying in Quebec (Canada) and the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) 10. The Politicisation of French Catholics on Intimate Issues Through the Promotion of Lay Expertise: A Case Study Based on the Emmanuel Community's Magazine Il est vivant! (1975-2018)