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Religion History

Christians in a Secular World

The Canadian Experience

by (author) Kurt Bowen

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2004
Category
History
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773527119
    Publish Date
    Aug 2004
    List Price
    $110.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773527126
    Publish Date
    May 2005
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773571945
    Publish Date
    Aug 2004
    List Price
    $95.00

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Bowen also assesses the role of religion in public education, the financial liability of Canada's churches for abuse suffered by Aboriginals in residential schools, the status of women clergy in Protestant churches, and the debates over abortion and gay and lesbian marriage. He takes issue with those who claim that on-going widespread involvement in various privatized forms of religiousness indicates that religion is changing rather than declining. The book concludes with an assessment of the major challenges that Christian churches in Canada confront today.

About the author

Dr. Kurt Bowen (1946-2016) was professor emeritus of sociology at Acadia University.

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