A long eclipse : the liberal Protestant establishment and the Canadian university, 1920-1970 / Catherine Gidney.

By:

Gidney, Catherine (Catherine Anne), 1969-

Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; ; 32.Publication details: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 240 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773572324
0773572325
1282863002
9781282863002

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Long eclipse.DDC classification:

378.71 22

LOC classification:

LC114 .G53 2004eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 ""To live the good life""""; ""2 ""Training for freedom""""; ""3 The Student Christian Movement""; ""4 University Christian Missions during and after the Second World War""; ""5 Expansion and Transformation""; ""6 Religious Pluralism, the New Left, and the Decline of the Student Christian Movement""; ""7 The Decline of In Loco Parentis""; ""8 Responding to Religious and Cultural Fragmentation""; ""Conclusion""; ""University Presidents and Principals""; ""University Christian Missions, 1941-1966""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Summary: At the turn of the century Protestantism permeated the cultural fabric of English-Canadian society. By 1970, however, universities were primarily secular. Was this change the result of the changing nature of Protestantism at the turn of the century or forces external to it? By examining the role Protestantism played on university campuses from 1920 to 1970, Catherine Gidney furthers the debate over the nature and process of secularization in English Canada.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.

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At the turn of the century Protestantism permeated the cultural fabric of English-Canadian society. By 1970, however, universities were primarily secular. Was this change the result of the changing nature of Protestantism at the turn of the century or forces external to it? By examining the role Protestantism played on university campuses from 1920 to 1970, Catherine Gidney furthers the debate over the nature and process of secularization in English Canada.