03571nam 2200793 a 450 991080897570332120200520144314.01-282-86187-597866128618710-7735-7194-910.1515/9780773571945(CKB)1000000000244859(SSID)ssj0000277871(PQKBManifestationID)11195541(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277871(PQKBWorkID)10241008(PQKB)11525782(CaBNvSL)gtp00521206(CaPaEBR)400086(Au-PeEL)EBL3330611(CaPaEBR)ebr10132792(CaONFJC)MIL286187(OCoLC)929120673(DE-B1597)655385(DE-B1597)9780773571945(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/pw87hv(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400086(MiAaPQ)EBC3330611(MiAaPQ)EBC3242975(EXLCZ)99100000000024485920050623d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChristians in a secular world the Canadian experience /Kurt Bowen1st ed.Montreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Press2004337 pMcGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two,1181-7445 ;27Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2712-5 0-7735-2711-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-332) and index.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 -- IndexBowen 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.McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.Series two ;27.ChristiansCanadaSocial conditionsChristiansCanadaAttitudesSocial surveysCanadaChretiensCanadaConditions socialesChretiensCanadaAttitudesEnquetes socialesCanadaChristiansSocial conditions.ChristiansAttitudes.Social surveysChretiensConditions sociales.ChretiensAttitudes.Enquetes sociales305.6/771Bowen Kurt Derek1600641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808975703321Christians in a secular world3923824UNINA