ISBN:
0774835583
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9780774835589
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9780774835596
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 429 Seiten
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Diagramme
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24 cm
Edition:
Issued also in electronic format
Parallel Title:
Available in another form Rayside, David M. (David Morton), 1947- Religion and Canadian party politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rayside, David Religion and Canadian Party Politics.
DDC:
322/.10971
Keywords:
Religion and politics
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Church and state
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Religion and politics Canada
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Political parties Canada
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Canada Politics and government 1945-
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Canada Politics and government
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1945-
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Kanada
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Staat
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Politik
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Geschichte 1943-2015
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Religion
Abstract:
"Religion is usually thought inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics. This book takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial arenas. Drawing on case studies from across the country, it explores three important axes of religiously based contention--Protestant vs. Catholic, conservative vs. reformer, and, more recently, minority religious practices. Although the extent of partisan engagement with each of these sources of conflict has varied across time and region, the authors show that religion still matters in shaping political oppositions. These themes are more broadly illuminated by comparisons to the role faith plays in the politics of other western industrialized societies."--
Abstract:
Introduction : faith and party politics in Canada -- Conservative faith and federal parties -- Abortion politics and federal parties -- Religion in Atlantic provincial politics : the special cases of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick -- Ontario's progressive conservatives and tenacious denominational politics, 1943-85 -- Sexual diversity and the mobilization of faith communities in Ontario, 1986-2015 -- The declining influence of conservative faith in Alberta since 1971 -- Schooling, sexuality, and religious conservatism in British Columbia politics -- Conflicted secularism in francophone Quebec party politics -- Evangelical Christianity and northern territorial politics -- Conclusion : Canadian diversity in comparative context
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Issued also in electronic format.
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