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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783794503321

Autore

Bowen Kurt Derek

Titolo

Christians in a secular world [[electronic resource] ] : the Canadian experience / / Kurt Bowen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-86187-5

9786612861871

0-7735-7194-9

Descrizione fisica

337 p

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two, , 1181-7445 ; ; 27

Disciplina

305.6/771

Soggetti

Christians - Canada - Social conditions

Christians - Canada - Attitudes

Social surveys - Canada

Chrétiens - Canada - Conditions sociales

Chrétiens - Canada - Attitudes

Enquêtes sociales - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Secularization and Its Discontents: Theoretical and Historical Preliminaries -- Religious Demography of Canadians -- The Religious Individual: Well-Being and Personal Values -- Intimate Relations: Sex, Marriage, Family, and Friends -- Civic Sensibilities: Volunteering and Charitable Giving -- Public Life and Social Values -- Christians and Their Churches: Beliefs, Attachments, and Controversies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bowen also assesses the role of religion in public education, the financial liability of Canada's churches for abuse suffered by Aboriginals in residential schools, the status of women clergy in Protestant churches, and the debates over abortion and gay and lesbian marriage. He takes issue with those who claim that on-going widespread involvement in various privatized forms of religiousness indicates that religion is changing rather than declining. The book concludes with an assessment of the major challenges that Christian



churches in Canada confront today.