Religion In Canadian Society
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| Author | : David Rayside |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2017-06-07 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0774835613 |
Religion is usually thought of as inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics. Religion and Canadian Party Politics takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial political arenas. Drawing on case studies from across the country, this book explores three important axes of religiously based contention in Canada. Early on, there were the denominational distinctions between Catholics and Protestants that shaped party oppositions. Since the 1960s, a newly politicized divide opened between religious conservatives and political reformers. Then from the 1990s on, sporadic controversy has centred on the recognition of non-Christian religious minority rights. Although the extent of partisan engagement with each of these sources of conflict has varied across time and region, this book shows that religion still matters in shaping party politics . This detailed look at the play of religiously based conflict and accommodation in Canada fills a large gap and pulls us back from overly simplified comparisons with the United States. More broadly, this book also compares the role of faith in politics in Canada to that of other Western industrialized societies.
| Author | : Paul Bramadat |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2009-10-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1442697024 |
As the leading book in its field, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada has been embraced by scholars, teachers, students, and policy makers as a breakthrough study of Canadian religio-ethnic diversity and its impact on multiculturalism. A team of established scholars looks at the relationships between religious and ethnic identity in Canada's six largest minority religious communities: Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims and practitioners of Chinese religion. The chapters also highlight the ethnic diversity extant within these traditions in order to offer a more nuanced appreciation of the variety of lived experiences of members of these communities. Together, the contributors develop consistent themes throughout the volume, among them the changing nature of religious practice and ideas, current demographics, racism, and the role of women. Chapters related to the public policy issues of healthcare, education and multiculturalism show how new ethnic and religious diversity are challenging and changing Canadian institutions and society. Comprehensive and insightful, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada makes a unique contribution to the study of world religions in Canada.
| Author | : Lori G. Beaman |
| Publisher | : Canadian Scholars’ Press |
| Total Pages | : 411 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1551304066 |
This text offers an outstanding selection of readings that represent an overview of the key issues in the sociology of religion from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Masterfully planned and united by clearly articulated themes, the second edition moves through three thematic cornerstones: contexts, identities, and strategies. Recurring sub-themes include the definition of religion, the secularization debate, the challenge of diversity, and the gendered aspects of religious experience. Key additions to this edition include a discussion on cultural diversity, an exploration of religion and sexuality, and a thorough historical overview of religion in Canada.
| Author | : Michael Gauvreau |
| Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0773576002 |
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.
| Author | : Solange Lefebvre |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 347 |
| Release | : 2014-01-01 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1442626305 |
The place of religion in the public realm is the subject of frequent and lively debate in the media, among academics and policymakers, and within communities. With this edited collection, Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman bring together a series of case studies of religious groups and practices from all across Canada that re-examine and question the classic distinction between the public and private spheres. Religion in the Public Sphere explores the public image of religious groups, legal issues relating to reasonable accommodations, and the role of religion in public services and institutions like health care and education. Offering a wide range of contributions from religious studies, political science, theology, and law, Religion in the Public Sphere presents emerging new models to explain contemporary relations between religion, civil society, the private sector, family, and the state.
| Author | : Stewart Crysdale |
| Publisher | : Macmillan of Canada : Maclean-Hunter Press |
| Total Pages | : 520 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Canada |
| ISBN | : |
"Professors Crysdale and Wheatcroft have assembled a comprehensive selection of studies on aspects of religion in Canada. The book contains 33 articles by sociologists, anthropologists, and historians, many of them published here for the first time. The editors' substantial introduction provides a cogent outline of the nature of socioreligious studies in Canada today; it includes a discussion of theoretical perspectives and methods of inquiry, and an analysis of the problems and issues confronting Canadian social scientists working in this field. The studies in this volume deal with such topics as the place of religion in the lives of indigenous peoples; religion and its adaptation to social change; responses to religious callings; and religion and cultural/ethnic cleavages."-Publisher.
| Author | : Marguerite Van Die |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2001-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780802082459 |
As this collection of scholarly case studies reveals, religion once played a major public role in all aspects of Canadian society, including politics, education, and culture.
| Author | : Terence J. Fay |
| Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
| Total Pages | : 417 |
| Release | : 2002-05-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 077356988X |
In A History of Canadian Catholics Terence Fay relates the long story of the Catholic Church and its followers, beginning with how the church and its adherents came to Canada, how the church established itself, and how Catholic spirituality played a part in shaping Canadian society. He also describes how recent social forces have influenced the church. Using an abundance of sources, Fay discusses Gallicanism (French spirituality), Romanism (Roman spirituality), and Canadianism - the indigenisation of Catholic spirituality in the Canadian lifestyle. Fay begins with a detailed look at the struggle of French Catholics to settle a new land, including their encounters with the Amerindians. He analyses the conflict caused by the arrival of the Scottish and Irish Catholics, which threatened Gallican church control. Under Bishops Bourget and Lynch, the church promoted a romantic vision of Catholic unity in Canada. By the end of the century, however, German, Ukrainian, Polish, and Hungarian immigrants had begun to challenge the French and Irish dominance of Catholic life and provide the foundation of a multicultural church. With the creation of the Canadian Catholic Conference in the postwar period these disparate groups were finally drawn into a more unified Canadian church. A History of Canadian Catholics is especially timely for students of religion and history and will also be of interest to the general reader who would like an understanding the development of Catholic roots in Canadian soil.
| Author | : Reginald W. Bibby |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2017-04-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 077489007X |
Are Canadians becoming less religious? After playing a central role in our lives for nearly a century, religion did seem to be losing its salience in Canada. Many observers saw this trend as inevitable, reflecting secularization patterns seen elsewhere in the Western world. But there is more to the story. Reginald Bibby’s Resilient Gods takes an in-depth look at the religious landscape in Canada today. Pulling together extensive data, he finds that a solid core of some 30 percent continue to embrace religion, while a similar proportion is rejecting it. The remaining 40 percent are somewhere in the middle. The picture that emerges is not one of religious decline but rather of religious polarization, with the numbers of “pro-religious,” “no religious,” and “low religious” in flux. Such proclivities are influenced by social and cultural factors, one being increased immigration, which is ensuring the viability of a pro-religious core. The gods are here to stay, Bibby argues, but so what? Using the most current information available, including unique national survey data, he explores the implications of pro-religious, no-religious, and low-religious choices for personal and social well-being, spirituality, and attitudes towards death. The questions he asks are compelling and the answers thought-provoking whether one embraces the gods or not.
| Author | : Stuart Macdonald |
| Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2017-11-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0773551948 |
Canadians were once church-goers. During the post-war boom of the 1950s, Canadian churches were vibrant institutions, with attendance rates even higher than in the United States, but the following decade witnessed emptying pews. What happened? In Leaving Christianity Brian Clarke and Stuart Macdonald quantitatively map the nature and extent of Canadians’ disengagement with organized religion and assess the implications for Canadian society and its religious institutions. Drawing on a wide array of national and denominational statistics, they illustrate how the exodus that began with disaffected baby boomers and their parents has become so widespread that religiously unaffiliated Canadians are now the new majority. While the old mainstream Protestant churches have been the hardest hit, the Roman Catholic Church has also experienced a significant decline in numbers, especially in Quebec. Canada’s civil society has historically depended on church members for support, and a massive drift away from churches has profound implications for its future. Leaving Christianity documents the true extent of the decline, the timing of it, and the reasons for this major cultural shift.
