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Auteur(s) : Airhart, Phyllis D. (1953-....)
Titre(s) : A church with the soul of a nation [Texte imprimé] : making and remaking the United Church of Canada / Phyllis D. Airhart
Publication : Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : xx, 440 p. : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection : McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion : Series two ; 67
Lien à la collection : McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion
Comprend : Prologue ; "Friendly Service" to the Nation ; Controversy and the Construction
of Identity ; The Mission and the "Machinery" ; The Search for a Faith for Sociable
Souls ; Christian Canada in a "New World Order" ; Calling Postwar Canada to Christ
; Uncoupling Christianity and Culture in Canada ; Listening to the World ; Reconceiving
the United Church ; Epilogue.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-418) and index
""As Canadian as the maple leaf" is how one observer summed up the United Church of
Canada after its founding in 1925. But was this Canadian-made church flawed in its
design, as critics have charged? A Church with the Soul of a Nation explores this
question by weaving together the history of the United Church with a provocative analysis
of religion and cultural change. The story begins in the aftermath of Confederation,
when the prospects of building a Christian nation persuaded a group of Congregationalist,
Methodist, and Presbyterian leaders to set aside denominational differences and focus
instead on shared beliefs. Phyllis Airhart traces the new church's struggle to save
its reputation during a bitter controversy with dissenting Presbyterians who refused
to join what they considered a "creedless" church. Surviving the organizational and
theological challenges of economic depression and war, the future of the church seemed
bright. But the ties between personal faith and civic life that the founders took
for granted were soon tattered by the secular cultural storm sweeping through western
Christendom. The United Church's remaking came with the realization that creating
a Christian social order in Canada was unlikely - perhaps even undesirable - in a
pluralistic world. A Church with the Soul of a Nation sheds light on the United Church's
past controversies and present dilemmas by showing how its founding vision both laid
the groundwork for its accomplishments and complicated its adaptation to the new world
taking shape."--Back cover
Issued also in electronic format.
Sujet(s) : Histoire religieuse -- Canada -- 20e siècle
United Church of Canada -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773542488 (bound). - ISBN 0773542485 (bound). - ISBN 9780773542495 (pbk.).
- ISBN 0773542493 (pbk.). - ISBN 9780773589292 (ePDF). - ISBN 0773589295 (ePDF). -
ISBN 9780773589308 (ePUB). - ISBN 0773589309 (ePUB) (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43737801z
Notice n° :
FRBNF43737801
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