Canada's religions : an historical introduction /

With nine out of ten Canadians claiming a religious affiliation of some kind - Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Aboriginal, or one of dozens of other religions - faith has huge impact on our personal and social lives. In this book, Robert Choquette offers a comprehensive histo...

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Prif Awdur: Choquette, Robert, 1938- (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
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Cyhoeddwyd: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, ©2004.
Cyfres:Religions and beliefs series ; no. 12.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1790472
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • The religious world of Canada's Amerindians
  • European religions on the eve of encounter
  • The encounter between Amerindians and Europeans
  • Missions of many kinds
  • The development of the Catholic church
  • Theology, beliefs, customs, and piety
  • The church, the British conquest, and the Québec act
  • Revivals in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
  • Missionary agencies
  • The churches and the state
  • The evangelical crusade
  • Alternatives to the evangelical crusade
  • Confessional education
  • Modernity versus conservatism
  • Social Christianity
  • Secularization and church reform
  • Immigration and religions
  • Alternative religions
  • The future of religions in Canada.