Religion and Ethnicity Contributor(s): Coward, Harold (Editor), Kawamura, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889200645 ISBN-13: 9780889200647 Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 1978 |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal - Religion | Reference |
Dewey: 200.971 |
LCCN: 78001081 |
Physical Information: 192 pages |
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Publisher Description: The essays in this volume deal with the relationship between living religious traditions in Canada and the fabric of Canadian society. Canada is a pluralistic society, ethnically and religiously. How are these two pluralisms related? Their connection is intimate, but never simple. For many years there could plausibly have been said to be a dominant Anglo-Canadian Protestant tradition, with other faiths and denominations being associated primarily with ethnic minorities. No doubt this would always have been a simplistic understanding, but today, as Canadian culture is increasing secularized, it is religion itself that the majority sees as a minority concern. Ethnic and religious loyalties pull together against a secular assimilation. Such a change leaves the "establishment" denominations with an unwanted identity crisis of their own, not the least part of which is due to an unfamiliar awareness of their own ethnic roots and histories. |
Contributor Bio(s): Coward, Harold: - Harold Coward is a professor of history and director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. |
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