Christians in a Secular World
The Canadian Experience
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2004
- Subjects
- General, History
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773571945
- Publish Date
- Aug 2004
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Bowen also assesses the role of religion in public education, the financial liability of Canada's churches for abuse suffered by Aboriginals in residential schools, the status of women clergy in Protestant churches, and the debates over abortion and gay and lesbian marriage. He takes issue with those who claim that on-going widespread involvement in various privatized forms of religiousness indicates that religion is changing rather than declining. The book concludes with an assessment of the major challenges that Christian churches in Canada confront today.
About the author
Dr. Kurt Bowen (1946-2016) was professor emeritus of sociology at Acadia University.