Secularizing the Faith: Canadian Protestant Clergy and the Crisis of Belief 1850-1940

by David B. Marshall

Book Overview

The intellectual ferment of the Victorian era posed a substantial challenge to religious institutions. In Canada as elsewhere the focus of religious belief, epecially in the Protestant sects, shifted perceptibly away from spiritual concerns. David B. Marshall explores the ways in which the clergy responded to these changes.

Faced with war, depression, and the absence of religious revival in the twentieth century, a crisis in theology emerged:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802068790
• ISBN13: 9780802068798
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher