04765nam a2200637Ka 4500 ocn767671813 OCoLC 20200709055433.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 111206s1993 quc ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780773564367 (electronic bk.) 0773564365 (electronic bk.) 077351130X 9780773511309 (OCoLC)767671813 404724 (N$T) n-cn-on w5w9 F1059.7.I6 C58 1993eb FC3097 .9 I6 C53 1993 HIS 006000 bisacsh 971.3/5410049162 22 N$TA Clarke, Brian P., 1952- Piety and nationalism [electronic resource] : lay voluntary associations and the creation of an Irish-Catholic community in Toronto, 1850-1895 / Brian P. Clarke. Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1993. 1 online resource (xii, 340 p.) McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 12 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-331) and index. 1. The Irish in Toronto -- 2. Reform of the Roman Catholic Church -- 3. Renewal -- 4. The Parish and the Hearth: Women's Confraternities and the Devotional Revolution -- 5. "To Bribe the Porters of Heaven": Poverty, Salvation, and the Saint Vincent de Paul Society -- 6. "Heroic Virtue": Parish Temperance Societies and Male Piety -- 7. "A Pariah Among Nations": The Rise of Irish Nationalism in Toronto -- 8. "Loyal Hibernians?": Fenianism and the Hibernian Benevolent Society -- 9. "The Sacred Cause and the National Faith": The Resurrection of Irish Nationalism -- 10. New Departures. Lay voluntary associations played a vital role in the creation of a religiously informed ethnic culture among the Irish Catholics in Toronto. Clarke places the Toronto experience in the context of the two Irish-Catholic awakenings - one national, the other religious - in the nineteenth century. While the role of the laity in the nationalist awakening is commonly recognized, their part in the movement for religious renewal is usually minimized. Initiative on the part of the laity has been thought to have existed only outside the church, where it remained a troubling and at times insurgent force. Clarke revises this picture of the role of the laity in church and community. He examines the rich associational life of the laity, which ranged from nationalist and fraternal associations independent of the church to devotional and philanthropic associations affiliated with the church. Associations both inside and outside the church fostered ethnic conscious ness in different but complementary ways that resulted in a cultural consensus based on denominational loyalty. Through these associations, lay men and women developed an institutional base for the activism and initiative that shaped both their church and their community. Clarke demonstrates that lay activists played a pivotal role in transforming the religious life of the community. Description based on print version record. Irish Ontario Toronto History 19th century. Irish Ontario Toronto Societies, etc. History 19th century. Religious institutions Ontario Toronto History 19th century. Catholic Church Ontario Toronto Societies, etc. History 19th century. Laity Ontario Toronto Societies, etc. History 19th century. Canada History Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870. Église catholique Ontario Toronto Associations. Irlandais Ontario Toronto Associations Histoire 19e siècle. Irlandais Ontario Toronto Histoire 19e siècle. Église catholique Toronto Histoire 19e siècle. ram Irlandais Canada Toronto Histoire 19e siècle. ram Catholiques irlandais Canada Toronto Histoire 19e siècle. ram HISTORY / Canada / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Clarke, Brian P., 1952- Piety and nationalism. Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1993 077351130X (DLC) 95106760 (OCoLC)29816537 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 12. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=404724 Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/95106760-d.html cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50728 50728