Infidels and the damn churches : irreligion and religion in settler British Columbia /
British Columbia is at the forefront of a secularizing movement in the English-speaking world. Nearly half its residents claim no religious affiliation, and the province has the highest unbelief or religious indifference in Canada. Infidels and the Damn Churches explores the historical roots of this...
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| Language: | English |
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
[2017]
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| Summary: | British Columbia is at the forefront of a secularizing movement in the English-speaking world. Nearly half its residents claim no religious affiliation, and the province has the highest unbelief or religious indifference in Canada. Infidels and the Damn Churches explores the historical roots of this phenomenon. Lynne Marks reveals that class and racial tensions fuelled irreligion in frontier British Columbia, a world populated by embattled ministers, militant atheists, turn-of-the-century New Agers, rough-living miners, Asian immigrants and church-going settlers. This nuanced study of mobility, masculinity and family in settler British Columbia offers new insights into the beginnings of what has become an increasingly dominant secular worldview across Canada. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774833448 0774833440 0774833459 9780774833455 |