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Religion General

The Canadian Protestant Experience, 1760-1990

by (author) George A. Rawlyk

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1993
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773511323
    Publish Date
    Jan 1993
    List Price
    $37.95

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Description

Five leading Canadian religious historians address the Canadian Protestant experience. Each author considers a separate period, taking into account the major underlying themes of the time and noting the influence exerted by key personalities. As this collection shows, Protestantism had its most profound effects on Canadian life in the nineteenth century. As the twentieth century unfolded, however, Canadian Protestantism, battered by demographic change, profound inner doubt, so-called modernity, and secularization, was gradually pushed to the periphery of Canadian experience. The contributors are Phyllis D. Airhart, Nancy Christie, Michael Gauvreau, John G. Stackhouse Jr, and Robert A. Wright.

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"A well written, superbly researched new book, The Canadian Protestant Experience will be of great use in the classroom and should be found in every library in Canada." Janice Potter-MacKinnon, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan.