The Churches and Social Order in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Canada (Volume 45) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion)

Changing social and cultural strategies pursued by Protestant and Catholic religious institutions have shaped the social order in Quebec and English Canada. Through a sustained comparison of Protestantism and Catholicism, this volume explores the transition from pre-industrial to industrial society and challenges conventional chronologies of religious change. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Beyond Church History: Recent Developments in the History of Religion in Canada 1 The Emergence of a Statistical Approach to Social Issues in Administrative Practices of the Catholic Church in the Province of Quebec 2 Carnal Connection and Other Misdemeanors: Continuity and Change in Presbyterian Church Courts, 1830–90 3 Evangelicals, Church Finance, and Wealth-Holding in Mid-Nineteenth-Century St Stephen, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine 4 Finishing Badly: Religion, Authority, and Clergy in Late-Victorian London, Ontario 5 Developing Christians, Catholics, and Citizens: Quebec Churches and School Religion from the Turn of the Twentieth Century to 1960 6 The Saint Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Charitable System in Quebec (1846–1921) 7 Factories and Foreigners: Church Life in Working-Class Neighbourhoods in Hamilton and Montreal, 1890–1930 8 Churches and Immigrant Integration in Toronto, 1947–65 9 Governance of the Catholic Church in Quebec: An Expression of the Distinct Society? About the Authors By examinng education, charity, community discipline, the relationship between clergy and congregations, and working-class religion, the contributors shift the field of religious history into the realm of the socio-cultural. This novel perspective reveals that the Christian churches remained dynamic and popular in English and French Canada, as well as among immigrants, well into the twentieth century. Edited By Michael Gauvreau And Ollivier Hubert. Includes Bibliographical References.