Towards a godless dominion: unbelief in interwar Canada
"In recent surveys, one in four Canadians say they have no religion. A century ago, Canada was widely considered to be a Christian nation, and the vast majority of Canadians claimed they were devoutly religious. But some were determined to resist. In the 1920s and ’30s, groups of militant unbel...
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
McGill-Queen’s University Press
2023
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| Schriftenreihe: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion
series 2 ; 99 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In recent surveys, one in four Canadians say they have no religion. A century ago, Canada was widely considered to be a Christian nation, and the vast majority of Canadians claimed they were devoutly religious. But some were determined to resist. In the 1920s and ’30s, groups of militant unbelievers formed across Canada to push back against the dominance of religion. Towards a Godless Dominion explores both anti-religious activism and the organized opposition unbelievers faced from Christian Canada during the interwar period. Despite Christianity’s prominence, anti-religious ideas were propagated by lectures in theatres, through newspapers, and out on the streets. Secularist groups in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver actively tried to win people away from religious belief. In the first two cities, they were met with stiff repression by the state, which convicted unbelievers of blasphemous libel, broke up their meetings, and banned atheistic literature from circulating. In the latter two cities unbelievers met social disapproval rather than official persecution. Looking at interwar controversies around religion, such as arguments about faith healing and fundamentalist campaigns against teaching evolution, Elliot Hanowski shows how unbelievers were able to use these conflicts to get their skeptical message across to the public. Challenging the stereotype of Canada as a tolerant, secular nation, Towards a Godless Dominion returns to a time when intolerant forms of Christianity ruled a country that was considered more religious than the United States."-- |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 330 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780228018834 9780228018827 |
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| 520 | 3 | |a "In recent surveys, one in four Canadians say they have no religion. A century ago, Canada was widely considered to be a Christian nation, and the vast majority of Canadians claimed they were devoutly religious. But some were determined to resist. In the 1920s and ’30s, groups of militant unbelievers formed across Canada to push back against the dominance of religion. Towards a Godless Dominion explores both anti-religious activism and the organized opposition unbelievers faced from Christian Canada during the interwar period. Despite Christianity’s prominence, anti-religious ideas were propagated by lectures in theatres, through newspapers, and out on the streets. Secularist groups in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver actively tried to win people away from religious belief. In the first two cities, they were met with stiff repression by the state, which convicted unbelievers of blasphemous libel, broke up their meetings, and banned atheistic literature from circulating. In the latter two cities unbelievers met social disapproval rather than official persecution. Looking at interwar controversies around religion, such as arguments about faith healing and fundamentalist campaigns against teaching evolution, Elliot Hanowski shows how unbelievers were able to use these conflicts to get their skeptical message across to the public. Challenging the stereotype of Canada as a tolerant, secular nation, Towards a Godless Dominion returns to a time when intolerant forms of Christianity ruled a country that was considered more religious than the United States."-- | |
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| spelling | Hanowski, Elliot Verfasser (DE-588)1348624981 aut Towards a godless dominion unbelief in interwar Canada Elliot Hanowski Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago McGill-Queen’s University Press 2023 xvi, 330 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion : series 2 99 Introduction -- Canada’s Professional Atheist: Marshall Gauvin in Winnipeg, 1926-1940 -- The Winnipeg Rationalist Society -- The Sterry Trial and the Debate over Blasphemy -- Unbelief in Toronto the Good -- "Je suis un athée fieffé": Militant Unbelief in Interwar Montreal -- Unbelief on the Coasts -- Conclusion "In recent surveys, one in four Canadians say they have no religion. A century ago, Canada was widely considered to be a Christian nation, and the vast majority of Canadians claimed they were devoutly religious. But some were determined to resist. In the 1920s and ’30s, groups of militant unbelievers formed across Canada to push back against the dominance of religion. Towards a Godless Dominion explores both anti-religious activism and the organized opposition unbelievers faced from Christian Canada during the interwar period. Despite Christianity’s prominence, anti-religious ideas were propagated by lectures in theatres, through newspapers, and out on the streets. Secularist groups in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver actively tried to win people away from religious belief. In the first two cities, they were met with stiff repression by the state, which convicted unbelievers of blasphemous libel, broke up their meetings, and banned atheistic literature from circulating. In the latter two cities unbelievers met social disapproval rather than official persecution. Looking at interwar controversies around religion, such as arguments about faith healing and fundamentalist campaigns against teaching evolution, Elliot Hanowski shows how unbelievers were able to use these conflicts to get their skeptical message across to the public. Challenging the stereotype of Canada as a tolerant, secular nation, Towards a Godless Dominion returns to a time when intolerant forms of Christianity ruled a country that was considered more religious than the United States."-- Irreligion / Canada / History / 20th century Religious tolerance / Canada / History / 20th century Christianity and atheism / History / 20th century Atheists / Canada / History / 20th century Religion and politics / Canada / History / 20th century Irréligion / Canada / Histoire / 20e siècle Tolérance religieuse / Canada / Histoire / 20e siècle Christianisme et athéisme / Histoire / 20e siècle Athées / Canada / Histoire / 20e siècle Religion et politique / Canada / Histoire / 20e siècle RELIGION / History Atheism Atheists Christianity Irreligion Religion and politics Religious tolerance Canada 1900-1999 History Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF Hanowski, Elliot Towards a godless dominion Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023 978-0-2280-1956-5 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB Hanowski, Elliot Towards a godless dominion Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023 978-0-2280-1957-2 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion series 2 ; 99 (DE-604)BV002493658 99 |
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