A full-orbed Christianity
the protestant churches and social welfare in Canada, 1900-1940
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Author
Contributions
- Gauvreau, Michael, 1956- - Contributor
Publication
1996 - McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Canada
Language
English
Word Count
91,750 words, Guess
Page Count
367 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL58267361M
- ISBN-100773513973
- OCLC Control Number37755045
- Internet Archivefullorbedchristi0000chri_x9v2
Classifications
- LCCHN39.C2 C48 1996
- DDC261.8/3/0971
Description
Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau look at the ways in which reformers expanded the popular base of Protestant churches through mass revivalism, established social work and sociology in Canadian universities and church colleges, and aggressively sought to take a leadership role in social reform by incorporating independent reform organizations into the church-sponsored Social Service Council of Canada. They also explore the instrumental role of Protestant clergymen in formulating social legislation and transforming the scope and responsibilities of the modern state. The enormous influence of the Protestant churches before World War II can no longer be ignored, nor can the view that the churches were accomplices in their own secularization be justified. A Full-Orbed Christianity calls on historians to rethink the role of Protestantism in Canadian life and to recognize that it was not a garrison of anti-modernity but the chief harbinger of cultural change before 1940.
Description
"Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau look at the ways in which reformers expanded the popular base of Protestant churches through mass revivalism, established social work and sociology in Canadian universities and church colleges, and aggressively sought to take a leadership role in social reform by incorporating independent reform organizations into the church-sponsored Social Service Council of Canada. They also explore the instrumental role of Protestant clergymen in formulating social legislation and transforming the scope and responsibilities of the modern state." "The enormous influence of the Protestant churches before World War II can no longer be ignored, nor can the view that the churches were accomplices in their own secularization be justified. A Full-Orbed Christianity calls on historians to rethink the role of Protestantism in Canadian life and to recognize that it was not a garrison of anti-modernity but the chief harbinger of cultural change before 1940"--Jacket.
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- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ;
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