Research Catalog

Title

For Canada's sake : public religion, centennial celebrations, the re-making of Canada in the 1960s / Gary R. Miedema.

Author

Miedema, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1970-

Publication

Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

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Details

Description

xx, 308 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

"For Canada's Sake presents an analysis of the meaning behind religiously informed public celebrations and rituals such as centennial hymns and prayers and Expo pavillions. Gary Miedema argues that the 1967 celebrations reveal the continued importance of religion to Canadian public life, showing that a waning "Christian Canada" was being replaced by an officially "interfaith" country. The author throws into bold relief the varied attempts of government officials and religious leaders to come to terms with new Canadian and global realities, as well as the response of Canadians to their own increasing religious diversity."--Jacket.

Series Statement

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 34

Uniform Title

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 34.

Subjects

• Electronic books
• Geschichte 1960-1970
• 1900-1999
• Canada > Centennial celebrations, etc
• Christianity > Canada > 20th century
• Religious pluralism > Canada

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-299) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Public religion, public celebration, and the construction of nations : theoretical considerations -- "The things that we believe in in this country stand for Christianity" : Christian Canada to the 1960s -- An inclusive state, a servant church, and the waning of a Christian Canada -- The 1967 Centennial celebrations, the Canadian Interfaith Conference, and the building of an inclusive, pluralistic Canada -- Changing the meaning of the word "Canada" : state-sponsored public religion at Expo 67 -- "Should the government of Canada ... decide that all denominations must cooperate or unite before they can be present at Expo 67?" : negotiating a religious presence on the Expo isles -- The Christian Pavilion, the sermons from Science Pavilion, and the Pavilion of Judaism : varying constructions of public religion in 1967.

ISBN

• 0773528776 (bound) :
• 9780773528772

OCLC

58544769

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library