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  • The Uncomfortable Pew

    Christianity and the New Left in Toronto

    by Bruce Douville ...
    Series Book 88 - McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
    In The Uncomfortable Pew Bruce Douville explores the relationship between Christianity and the New Left in English Canada from 1959 to 1975. Focusing primarily on Toronto, he examines the impact that left-wing student radicalism had on Canada's largest Christian denominations, and the role that Christianity played in shaping Canada’s New Left.Based on extensive archival research and oral ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

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  • The Blaikie Report: An Insiders Look at Faith and Politics

    by Bill Blaikie ...
    Bill Blaikie has a unique insider's perspective on political life in Canada. As a United Church minister reflecting on three decades in the House of Commons, he tells the too-often-overlooked story of Canada's Christian left and, in particular, of the New Democratic Party's roots in the social gospel and its ongoing influence. This lively book is peppered with personal anecdotes, and political ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

    by Philip Jenkins ...
    The first edition of The Next Christendom has been hailed as a landmark in our understanding of modern Christianity. In this new and substantially expanded second edition, Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expanion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America--as well as the clash betwen Islam and Christianity since September 11. Among the major topics ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • A Church with the Soul of a Nation

    Making and Remaking the United Church of Canada

    by Phyllis Airhart ...
    Series Book 61 - McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
    "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 ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Challenge of Pluralism

    Church and State in Six Democracies

    by J. Christopher Soper, Kevin R. den Dulk, Stephen V. Monsma ...
    In a thoroughly revised and expanded edition that now includes France, this essential text offers a rigorous, systematic comparison of church-state relations in six Western nations: the United States, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. As successful and stable political democracies, these countries share a commitment to protecting the religious rights of their citizens. The ... Read more

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  • Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities

    by James Arthur ...
    This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational policy, mission and identity together with institutions’ relations with the state and their wider communities.A wide range of institutions are examined, including: Christian, Islamic and Jewish universities ... Read more

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  • Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada

    Edited by Paul Bramadat, David Seljak ...
    Over the past decade, scholars and policy makers interested in Canadian multiculturalism have begun to take religion much more seriously. Moreover, Christian communities have become increasingly aware of the impact of ethnic diversity on church life. However, until very recently almost no systematic academic attention has been paid to the intersection between the ethnic and religious identities of ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • Religious Freedom in a Secular Age

    A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government

    by Michael F. Bird ...
    Discover how to responsibly defend religious freedom for all without compromising your personal beliefs.Religious freedom is a bitterly contested issue that spills over into political, public, and online spheres. It's an issue that's becoming ever more heated, and neither of the global political polarities is interested in protecting it. While the political left is openly hostile toward ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • God’s Province

    Evangelical Christianity, Political Thought, and Conservatism in Alberta

    by Clark Banack ...
    Compared to the United States, it is assumed that religion has not been a significant factor in Canada’s political development. In God’s Province, Clark Banack challenges this assumption, showing that, in Alberta, religious motivation has played a vital role in shaping its political trajectory.For Henry Wise Wood, president of the United Farmers of Alberta from 1916 until 1931, William "Bible Bill ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • Secularization

    In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

    by Steve Bruce ...
    The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends it against a wide variety of recent attempts at rebuttal and refutation. Using the best available ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Christian Reconstruction

    R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism

    by Michael J. McVicar ...
    This is the first critical history of Christian Reconstruction and its founder and champion, theologian and activist Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001). Drawing on exclusive access to Rushdoony’s personal papers and extensive correspondence, Michael J. McVicar demonstrates the considerable role Reconstructionism played in the development of the radical Christian Right and an American theocratic ... Read more

    $18.99 USD