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Changing Roles of Women Within the Christian Church in Canada
Canadian religious history has been written with relatively little reference to the role of women. Throughout the years, the church itself has intensified this problem by restricting the options of women -- excluding them from the most valued roles and positions. In the past, Christian women were obliged to find alternative avenues for the expression of their faith and, as a result, their experience has been unusually rich and varied. This pioneering anthology traces the history of Canadian women in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant traditions from the early days through the 1960s. Seventeen Canadian scholars tell the stories of individuals who have worked in traditional and non-t...
The Theology of The United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada has a rich and complex history of theological development. This volume, written for the general reader as well as students and scholars, provides a comprehensive overview of that development, together with an analysis of this unique denomination’s core statements of faith and its contemporary theological landscape. When the Methodist, Congregational, and Local Union Churches in Canada, as well as most of the Presbyterians, came together as The United Church of Canada, the theological commonalities between them were significant. Over the succeeding decades, this made-in-Canada denomination has continued to define its convictions through consensus-building and lar...
View From the Murney Tower
Salem Goldworth Bland (1859-1950) was among the most significant religious leaders in Canadian history. A Methodist and, later, United Church minister, Bland's long career and widespread influence made him a leading figure in the popularizing of liberal theology, social reform, and the Social Gospel movement. He was also a man who struggled with the polarities of evangelical faith and worldly culture, and who sought a unifying world-view in the mentoring of Sir J. William Dawson in the sciences, George Monro Grant in public affairs, and John Watson in philosophy. The View from the Murney Tower is a two-volume biography of Salem Bland by Richard Allen, author of The Social Passion: Religion a...
Telling Our Stories
Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people's history, culture, and values.
Women and Religion
Dentro de las investigaciones feministas existe un interes creciente por la historia de la iglesia, su liderazgo y su futuro. El feminismo cristiano ha generado la necesidad de unos recursos documentales y bibliograficos que este volumen pretende cubrir. Esta bibliografia esta organizada en 11 capitulos, un apendice y un indice de autores. Los capitulos llevan los siguientes epigrafes: 1.- Biblia, 2.- Historia, 3.- Judaismo, 4.Lenguaje ("el genero de dios"), 5.- Mariologia, 6.- Orden sacerdoatal, 7.- Vida pastoral, 8.- Religion y la iglesia, 9.- Espiritualidad, 10.Teologia y 11.- Culto. El apendice incluye otras bibliografias existentes sobre el tema.
Ukrainians in Canada
The history of Ukrainian immigration, settlement, and community-building in Canada.
