Faith in Democracy? Religion and Politics in Canada
Unlike the United States, the complex relationship between religion and politics in Canada has received little scholarly attention. This collection of six essays, first presented at a seminar at the University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George, BC), is therefore a welcome contribution. Acc...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Review |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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A journal of church and state
Jahr: 2010, Band: 52, Heft: 3, Seiten: 598-600 |
| Rezension von: | Faith in democracy? (Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub, 2009) (Van Die, Marguerite)
Faith in Democracy? Religion and Politics in Canada (Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009) (Van Die, Marguerite) Faith in democracy? (Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publ., 2009) (Van Die, Marguerite) |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Unlike the United States, the complex relationship between religion and politics in Canada has received little scholarly attention. This collection of six essays, first presented at a seminar at the University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George, BC), is therefore a welcome contribution. According to the 2001 Canadian census in which three out of four identified themselves as Christian, Canada is still a predominantly Christian country. Such a designation masks the reality, John Young points out in the introduction, that not only do less than one-third attend a religious service at least monthly, but Christians, in particular Protestants, form a rapidly declining proportion of the population. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq043 |