The United Church of Canada :
The United Church of Canada : a history /
Don Schweitzer, editor.
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From its inception in the early 1900s, The United Church of Canada set out to become the national church of Canada. This book recounts and analyzes the history of the church of Canada's largest Protestant denomination and its engagement with issues of social and private morality, evangelistic campaigns, and its response to the restructuring of religion in the 1960s. A chronological history is followed by chapters on the United Church's worship, theology, understanding of ministry, relationships with the Canadian Jewish community, Israel, and Palestinians, changing mission goals in relation to First Nations peoples, and changing social imaginary. The result is an original, accessible, and engaging account of The United Church of Canada's pilgrimage that will be useful for students, historians, and general readers. From this account there emerges a complex portrait of the United Church as a distinctly Canadian Protestant church shaped by both its Christian faith and its engagement with the changing society of which it is a part.
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9781554583317
United Church of Canada--History.
United Church of Canada.
RELIGION--Christianity--Methodist.
Electronic books.
History.
BX9881
287.9/2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From its inception in the early 1900s, The United Church of Canada set out to become the national church of Canada. This book recounts and analyzes the history of the church of Canada's largest Protestant denomination and its engagement with issues of social and private morality, evangelistic campaigns, and its response to the restructuring of religion in the 1960s. A chronological history is followed by chapters on the United Church's worship, theology, understanding of ministry, relationships with the Canadian Jewish community, Israel, and Palestinians, changing mission goals in relation to First Nations peoples, and changing social imaginary. The result is an original, accessible, and engaging account of The United Church of Canada's pilgrimage that will be useful for students, historians, and general readers. From this account there emerges a complex portrait of the United Church as a distinctly Canadian Protestant church shaped by both its Christian faith and its engagement with the changing society of which it is a part.
9781554583768 1554583764 1282233114 9781282233119 9781554583317 1554583314
9781554583317
United Church of Canada--History.
United Church of Canada.
RELIGION--Christianity--Methodist.
Electronic books.
History.
BX9881
287.9/2
