Borderland Religion : The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, 1792-1852.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (411 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Protestant Identity in the Eastern Townships -- 2 The Pioneer Era -- Part II: Postwar American Initiatives -- 3 The Congregationalists -- 4 The Baptists -- 5 The Smaller Sects -- 6 The Millerites -- Part III: Postwar British Responses: The Wesleyan Methodists -- 7 Laying the Foundations -- 8 Revivals, Reversals, and Shifting Strategies -- Part IV: Postwar British Responses: The Anglicans -- 9 Building a Colonial Church -- 10 Messianism and Popular Response -- Conclusion -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Illustrations.
Focusing on the settlement period of the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Little addresses the role played by religion in forging a distinctive national identity for English-Canadians.