Churches and Social Order in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Canada
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Christianity
| Author: | Michael Gauvreau, Ollivier Hubert | ISBN: | 9780773581982 |
| Publisher: | MQUP | Publication: | August 7, 2006 |
| Imprint: | MQUP | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Gauvreau, Ollivier Hubert |
| ISBN: | 9780773581982 |
| Publisher: | MQUP |
| Publication: | August 7, 2006 |
| Imprint: | MQUP |
| Language: | English |
By examinng education, charity, community discipline, the relationship between clergy and congregations, and working-class religion, the contributors shift the field of religious history into the realm of the socio-cultural. This novel perspective reveals that the Christian churches remained dynamic and popular in English and French Canada, as well as among immigrants, well into the twentieth century.
By examinng education, charity, community discipline, the relationship between clergy and congregations, and working-class religion, the contributors shift the field of religious history into the realm of the socio-cultural. This novel perspective reveals that the Christian churches remained dynamic and popular in English and French Canada, as well as among immigrants, well into the twentieth century.
