Churches and Social Order in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Canada.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beyond Church History: Recent Developments in the History of Religion in Canada -- 1 The Emergence of a Statistical Approach to Social Issues in Administrative Practices of the Catholic Church in the Province of Quebec -- 2 Carnal Connection and Other Misdemeanors: Continuity and Change in Presbyterian Church Courts, 1830-90 -- 3 Evangelicals, Church Finance, and Wealth-Holding in Mid-Nineteenth-Century St Stephen, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine -- 4 Finishing Badly: Religion, Authority, and Clergy in Late-Victorian London, Ontario -- 5 Developing Christians, Catholics, and Citizens: Quebec Churches and School Religion from the Turn of the Twentieth Century to 1960 -- 6 The Saint Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Charitable System in Quebec (1846-1921) -- 7 Factories and Foreigners: Church Life in Working-Class Neighbourhoods in Hamilton and Montreal, 1890-1930 -- 8 Churches and Immigrant Integration in Toronto, 1947-65 -- 9 Governance of the Catholic Church in Quebec: An Expression of the Distinct Society? -- About the Authors.

Changing social and cultural strategies pursued by Protestant and Catholic religious institutions have shaped the social order in Quebec and English Canada. Through a sustained comparison of Protestantism and Catholicism, this volume explores the transition from pre-industrial to industrial society and challenges conventional chronologies of religious change.

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