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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154756403321

Autore

Badertscher John M. <1936->

Titolo

Religious studies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan : a state-of-the-art review / / John M. Badertscher, Gordon Harland and Roland E. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1993

ISBN

9780889208889

0889208883

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Collana

The Study of religion in Canada = Sciences religieuses au Canada ; ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

HarlandGordon <1920->

MillerRoland E

Disciplina

200/.71/1712

Soggetti

Religion - Study and teaching (Higher) - Manitoba

Religion - Study and teaching (Higher) - Saskatchewan

Theology - Study and teaching (Higher) - Manitoba

Theology - Study and teaching (Higher) - Saskatchewan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I: Religious Studies in Manitoba; Part II: Religious Studies in Saskatchewan; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This fourth volume in a series of state-of-the-art reviews of religious studies programs in Canadian provinces traces the formative role of religion in the establishment of the universities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Despite strong roots in denominational colleges, with their confessionally oriented study of religion, by the 1960s, ""there was a diffused sense in the culture of the need for a religious perspective, and even a quest for religious experience, but at the same time there was a growing dissatisfaction with the conventional ways of being religious."" This new perspective, cou