Religion in Public Space
This paper deals with religion, its public presence, and management by State institutions, from a perspective that highlights the opinions and representations prevailing in the religious milieu. I use a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews with Muslim and Jewish leaders in Montreal. I first present the context of policies framing the management of religion in Quebec; this is followed by a short section presenting a few relevant facts on religion in Quebec, in particular as regards the groups selected for interviews. This provides the context for the more empirical section of the article, where the preliminary results of our research are presented.