Our full coverage page has past CT articles about Canada. News and information about evangelicals in Canada is available from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. More information is available from McGill-Queen's University Press.Ĭhristianity Today covered recent church growth in Canada. Click for reprint information.įor Canada's Sake is available from and other book retailers.
Miedema's tone is low-key, but he nonetheless offers much to ponderespecially on how the national effort to combat religious discrimination led to extensive discrimination against sharply focused religious groups (often evangelicals) and on how an ideology of pluralism has succeeded only partially in creating a strong sense of Canadian identity.Ĭopyright © 2006 Christianity Today. This effort both reflected and stimulated a large-scale reordering of public life, including the recent legislation that has legalized gay marriage throughout the nation. Rather, the new unifying ideal was a hope that by embracing pluralism and diversity, national unity would flourish. A Topical Dictionary of StatisticsGary L. No longer did particular identities such as Catholic and Protestant, or French and English, matter most. Particular Methods Of Cultivating The SoilArthur Young, Canada, its national development and. By studying the place of religion in celebrations of Canada's 100th birthday (July 1, 1967) and at the World Exposition in Montreal that same year, Miedema shows how elite and many ordinary Canadians had come to look differently at their nation. Gary Miedema's carefully researched book explores and explains those rapid changes.
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