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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824586603321

Titolo

Religion and ethnicity : essays / / by Harold Barclay ... [et al.] ; edited by Harold Coward and Leslie Kawamura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1978

ISBN

0-88920-850-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

BarclayHarold B

CowardHarold G

KawamuraLeslie S

Disciplina

200/.971

Soggetti

Minorities - Canada

Canada Religion Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Workshop held Aug. 8-12, 1977.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Table Of Contents -- Introductory Note -- About The Authors -- Preface -- Secularization Among Ethnic Communities In Western Canada -- The Mennonite Experience In Canada -- Changes In The Japanese True Pure Land Buddhism In Alberta -- Japanese Heritage, Canadian Experience -- Muslims In Canada: A Preliminary Study -- The Muslim Experience In Canada -- Faith Experiences In Transition Among Canadian Catholics -- Religion, Ethnicity And Public Policy -- Religion And Welsh Nationality -- Religion And Ethnicity: An Overview Of Issues Raised -- Also published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for The Calgary Institute for the Humanities

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this volume deal with the relationship between living religious traditions in Canada and the fabric of Canadian society. Canada is a pluralistic society, ethnically and religiously. How are these two pluralisms related? Their connection is intimate, but never simple. For many years there could plausibly have been said to be a dominant Anglo-Canadian Protestant tradition, with other faiths and denominations being associated primarily with ethnic minorities. No doubt this would always have been a simplistic understanding, but today, as Canadian culture is increasing secularized, it is religion itself that the majority sees as a minority concern. Ethnic and religious



loyalties pull together against a secular assimilation. Such a change leaves the “establishment” denominations with an unwanted identity crisis of their own, not the least part of which is due to an unfamiliar awareness of their own ethnic roots and histories.