RT Book
T1 From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada
A1 Hughes, Aaron
LA English
PP Toronto
PB University of Toronto Press
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1699714525
AB From Seminary to University is the first historical, social, political, and institutional examination of how religion is taught in Canada.
AB Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Introduction -- Religion, Politics, Individuals -- Precursors to the Present Volume: The State-of-the-Art Reviews -- English versus French Canada? -- Definition of "the Study of Religion" -- Contents -- 1. Inauspicious Beginnings -- Historical Contexts -- Precursors to Royal Charters -- The Church of England and the Founding of Colonial Universities -- McGill -- Queen's -- McMaster -- Conclusions -- 2. The University of Toronto: A Case Study -- Establishing an Imperial College -- King's College (Toronto) Opens Its Doors -- Theological Colleges -- The Baldwin Act (1849) -- The Hincks Act (1853) -- The Federation Act (1887) -- Conclusions -- 3. Late Victorian Scholarship and the Rise of Higher Criticism -- The Recruitment of Faculty -- The Comparative Study of Religion -- Biblical and Oriental Studies: Maintaining the Equilibrium -- Higher Criticism: The Floodgates Open -- James F. McCurdy: Higher Criticism Enters the Mainstream -- Conclusions -- 4. Westward Bound -- Confederation -- The CPR -- Western Canada: Four Paradigms of Universities -- University of Saskatchewan -- University of Alberta -- University of Manitoba -- University of British Columbia -- Two Models of Religion and Politics on the Prairies: William Aberhart and Tommy Douglas -- Conclusions -- 5. Battle Lines -- Canadian Denominationalism -- Denominationalism and Its Limitations on the Study of Religion -- The United Church of Canada: A Brief History -- Oriental Studies and the University of Toronto -- Religious Knowledge: A Precursor to Religious Studies -- The Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) -- Conclusions -- 6. Venues of Dissemination -- The Canadian Journal of Religious Thought (1924-32) -- Trends -- Historical Criticism -- Final Volume -- Conclusions.
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
SN 9781487531263
K1 Religion : Study and teaching (Higher)
K1 Electronic books
K1 Canada