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Auteur(s) : Flatt, Kevin N. (1980-....)
Titre(s) : After Evangelicalism [Texte imprimé] : the sixties and the United Church of Canada / Kevin N. Flatt
Publication : Montréal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-349 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion : Series two ; no. 64
Lien à la collection : McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion
Comprend : Setting a pattern, 1930-1940 ; Calm before the storm, 1940-1963 ; Creating the
new curriculum, 1952-1964 ; The new curriculum controversy ; A new gospel; theological
upheaval and redefinition, 1959-1968 ; New Evangelism and the new morality, 1962-1971
; Aftermath: the United Church and the legacy of the sixties ; Conclusion ; Appendix:
The decision-making structure of the United Church.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
At a time when Canadians were arguing about the merits of a new flag, the birth-control
pill, and the growing hippie counterculture, the leaders of Canada's largest Protestant
church were occupied with turning much of English-Canadian religious culture on its
head. In After Evangelicalism, Kevin Flatt reveals how the United Church of Canada
abruptly reinvented its public image by cutting the remaining ties to its evangelical
past. Flatt argues that although United Church leaders had already abandoned evangelical
beliefs three decades earlier, it was only in the 1960s that rapid cultural shifts
prompted the sudden dismantling of the church's evangelical programs and identity.
Delving deep into the United Church's archives, Flatt uncovers behind-the-scenes developments
that led to revolutionary and controversial changes in the church's evangelistic campaigns,
educational programs, moral stances, and theological image. Not only did these changes
evict evangelicalism from the United Church, but they helped trigger the denomination's
ongoing numerical decline and decisively changed Canada's religious landscape. Challenging
readers to see the Canadian religious crisis of the 1960s as involving more than just
Quebec's Quiet Revolution, After Evangelicalism unveils the transformation of one
of Canada's most prominent social institutions. --From publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Évangélisme -- Canada -- 20e siècle
Histoire religieuse -- Canada -- 20e siècle
United Church of Canada -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773541238 (bound). - ISBN 0773541233 (bound). - ISBN 9780773541245 (pbk.).
- ISBN 0773541241 (pbk.). - ISBN 9780773588561 (ePDF). - ISBN 0773588566 (ePDF). -
ISBN 9780773588578 (ePUB). - ISBN 0773588574 (ePUB)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436357329
Notice n° :
FRBNF43635732
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