Christian Churches and Their Peoples, 1840-1965: A Social History of Religion in Canada

Religious institutions, values, and identities are fundamental to understanding the lived experiences of Canadians in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. Christian Churches and Their Peoples, an inter-denominational study, considers how Christian churches influenced the social and cultural development of Canadian society across regional and linguistic lines.

By shifting their focus beyond the internal dynamics of institutions, Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau address broad social...