02822nam 2200529 450 991015515960332120200520144314.01-77112-139-41-77112-138-6(CKB)3710000000903368(MiAaPQ)EBC4710993(OCoLC)907096229(MdBmJHUP)muse46184(Au-PeEL)EBL4710993(CaPaEBR)ebr11276734(OCoLC)960760144(BIP)051044059(PPN)250539381(EXLCZ)99371000000090336820161018h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUnderstanding the consecrated life in Canada critical essays on contemporary trends /Jason Zuidema, editorWaterloo, Ontario :Wilfrid Laurier University Press,2015.20151 online resource (471 pages) illustrations, tablesEditions SR1-77112-137-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.The story of the consecrated life in Canada since the 1960s should be about much more than numerical decline. Although the falling numbers are significant among Catholic religious in communities that pre-date Vatican II, many communities continue to show stability and even growth. This book provides nuance to that story by adding detailed portraits of movements, communities and institutions. In four parts, this book presents essays from the leading scholars on religious life in Canada that seek to address the state of religious communities dedicated to religious virtuosity normally characterized by formal promises of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The essays examine a broad range of topics related to the general state of consecrated (or ""religious"" or ""monastic"") life in contemporary Canadian Christian and Buddhist traditions. In the first section, the contributors trace the demographics and definitions of religious life in Canada. The second section examines Canadian developments in Catholic religious life during the Vatican II and the post-Vatican II eras. A third section explores trends in contemporary Canadian religious life, while the fourth section describes the consecrated life in other Canadian religious traditions.Editions SR.CanadaReligious life and customsCanadaReligionSocial Science200.971Zuidema JasonMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155159603321Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada2268781UNINA