Title Beyond the noise of solemn assemblies : the Protestant ethic and the quest for social justice in Canada / Richard Allen

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 82 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 82. Contents Growing up religious, political, and historical -- Christians and the new post-second World War regimes in Eastern Europe -- The great Protestant ethic debate : the first phase, 1905-1960 -- The origins of totalitarianism : more than a problem of interpretation -- Providence to progress : the migration of an idea in English-Canadian thought -- The background of the social gospel in Canada -- The social gospel and the reform tradition in Canada, 1890-1928 -- Children of prophecy : Wesley College students in an age of reform -- Salem bland, the new spirituality of the social gospel, and the Winnipeg elite, 1903-1913 -- J.S. Woodsworth and the crisis of the Canadian city -- The social gospel as the religion of the agrarian revolt in Western Canada -- The new Christianity in post-Great War Toronto -- "My father was an evangelist" : the religious setting of Norman Bethune's early years -- Toward a materialist Christianity : "reasoning otherwise" in the 1930s -- "The end of history" -- and hope in a time of Cold War and after -- Max Weber and the iron cage of capitalism : the debate continues, 1960-2016 Summary Since the 1970s Richard Allen's scholarship on the social gospel has broken new ground in the field of Canadian social and religious history by recovering key aspects of the tradition and its contribution to reform movements and politics. Beyond the Noise of Solemn Assemblies collects and extends many of his classic works to present a comprehensive overview of a major thread in the fabric of the country. Observing the mutual foundations of political and religious traditions in myth and arguing that the sacred and the secular belong together in discussions of public affairs, Allen contests the view that religion is personal and isolated from the public square. He discusses a range of topics: the transition from providential to progressive thought in nineteenth-century Canada; the new spirituality of social solidarity articulated by Winnipeg college students in the 1890s; the role of the social gospel in pioneering urban reform; farmers and workers finding in radical Christianity legitimation for political revolt; Christian intellectuals in the 1930s framing a revolutionary prospectus for Depression-era Canada; the significance of Norman Bethune's religious upbringing for his life and work; strategically focused post-war ecumenical coalitions like Project North and the Latin American Working Group; and the prospects for democratic socialism at the end of the Cold War. Opening with a chapter relating the author's upbringing in a ministerial household dedicated to the Protestant ethic as the spirit of socialism, Beyond the Noise of Solemn Assemblies represents a significant contribution to understanding the social Christian movement in Canada "Since the 1970s Richard Allen's scholarship on the social gospel from has broken new ground in the field of Canadian social and religious history by recovering key aspects of the tradition and its contribution to reform movements and politics. Beyond the Noise of Solemn Assemblies collects and extends many of his classic works to present a comprehensive overview of a major thread in the fabric of the country. Observing the mutual foundations of political and religious traditions in myth and arguing that the sacred and the secular belong together in discussions of public affairs, Allen contests the view that religion is personal and isolated from the public square. He discusses a range of topics: the transition from providential to progressist thought in nineteenth-century Canada; the new spirituality of social solidarity articulated by Winnipeg college students in the 1890s; the role of the social gospel in pioneering urban reform; farmers and workers finding in radical Christianity legitimation for political revolt; Christian intellectuals in the 1930s framing a revolutionary prospectus for Depression-era Canada; the significance of Norman Bethune's religious upbringing for his life and work; strategically focused post-war ecumenical coalitions like Project North and the Latin American Working Group; and the prospects for democratic socialism at the end of the Cold War. Opening with a chapter relating the author's upbringing in a ministerial household dedicated to the Protestant ethic as the spirit of socialism, Beyond the Noise of Solemn Assemblies represents a significant contribution to understanding the social Christian movement in Canada."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 23, 2019) Subject Christian socialism -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Protestantism -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Social gospel -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism. RELIGION -- History. Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches Social gospel Protestantism Christian socialism Canada Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0773555536 9780773555549 0773555544 9780773555532

Other Titles Protestant ethic and the quest for social justice in Canada

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