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French-Speaking Protestants in Canada : Histrorical Essays.
Title:
French-Speaking Protestants in Canada : Histrorical Essays.
Author:
Zuidema, Jason.
ISBN:
9789004211797
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (328 pages)
Series:
Religion in the Americas ; v.11

Religion in the Americas
Contents:
French-Speaking Protestants in Canada -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Presence and Marginalisation of French-Speaking Protestants in Quebec -- 1. The French Monarchy and Protestant Immigration to Canada before 1760 -- The Social, Political and Religious Contexts -- 2. Henriette Feller, The Spirit and Mission to Canada -- 3. The Colonial Church and School Society and the Early Years of the Sabrevois Mission, 1850-1884 -- 4. The French-Canadian Missionary Society: A Study in Evangelistic Zeal and Civic Ambition -- 5. Clashes in Worldview: French Protestants and Roman Catholics in the 19th Century -- 6. Promoting 'A Truly National Spirit': The Unifying Mission of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1885-1896 -- 7. Charles Chiniquy: The Meta-Denominational and Protestant Presbyterian -- 8. French Protestant Missionary Activity in Quebec from the 1850s to the 1950s -- 9. The Evangelical Revivals of the 1960s-1980s -- 10. French Adventism in Quebec -- 11. Accommodation and Conversion: French Protestants in Quebec's Protestant Schools -- 12. The Other American Dream: French Baptists and Canadain the 19th and 20th Centuries -- 13. A Brief Socio-Demographic Portrait of French-Speaking Protestantism in Quebec since 1960 -- Bibliography of French Protestantism in North America -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Although French-speaking Canadians have largely been Roman Catholic, there has been a small, but significant Protestant minority among them. This collection of essays brings together the work of leading scholars in the field to bring historical perspective on this often misunderstood or forgotten religious minority.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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