Title The regenerators : social criticism in late Victorian English Canada / Ramsay Cook ; with a foreword by Carl Berger and a new introduction by Donald Wright

Edition Second edition Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction to the Second Edition by Donald Wright -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Roots of Modernism: Darwinism and the Higher Critics -- 3. The Anxieties of a Moral Interregnum -- 4. Positivism, Secular Thought, and the Religion of Humanity -- 5. Spiritualism, Science of the Earthly Paradise -- 6. Richard Maurice Bucke: Religious Heresiarch and Utopian -- 7. Toward a Christian Political Economy -- 8. 'A Republic of God, a Christian Republic' -- 9. 'The New City of Friends': Evolution, Theosophy, and Socialism Summary "The winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction when it was first published in 1985, The Regenerators became an instant classic for its fascinating portraits of evolutionists, rationalists, spiritualists, socialists, and free thinkers before the turn of the century. This new edition features an introduction by historian and biographer Donald Wright."-- Provided by publisher "A crisis of faith confronted many Canadian Protestants in the late nineteenth century. With their religious beliefs challenged by the new biological sciences and historical criticism of the Bible, they turned from personal salvation to the dire social problems of the industrial age. The Regenerators explores the nature of social criticism in this era and its complex ties to the religious thinking of the day, showing how the path blazed by nineteenth-century religious liberals led not to the Kingdom of God on earth, but, ironically, to the secular city."-- Provided by publisher Notes Originally published 1985 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed September 7, 2016 Subject Church and social problems -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Social reformers -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Social gospel. RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues. RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. Church and social problems Social gospel Social reformers Canada Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442629202 1442629207

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