The essays in Creed and Culture combine narrative elements with historical analysis to examine the experience of English-speaking Catholics in the light of social categories such as ethnicity, gender, and class. The Catholicism of English Canada is set in context by comparisons with broader Canadian developments and with the history of Catholicism in the English-speaking world. The authors discuss not only institutional history and church-state relations but also popular piety and lay involvement in religious affairs. The complexity and diversity of the experience of anglophone Catholics is highlighted through accounts of relations with their French-speaking counterparts and Protestant compatriots, European Catholic immigrants, and ecclesiastical authorities in Quebec, Ireland, Scotland, and Rome.

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"There does not exist any single volume dealing with the history of the Catholic Church in Canada, nor is there any sustained critique of the church and its role available ... For this reason alone the present volume promises to fill something of a void ... The quality of scholarship to be found here is exemplary and the wealth of new information and interpretation is invaluable to any student of religious, cultural, and political questions." Brian Hogan, Historical Department, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto.