A full-orbed Christianity
Subtitle: the protestant churches and social welfare in Canada, 1900-1940
By: Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau.
Contributors: Gauvreau, Michael, 1956-
Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ;; 22
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Montreal; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Church and social problems -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.; Protestant churches -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.; Christian sociology -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.; Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Description: Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau look at the ways in which reformers expanded the popular base of Protestant churches through mass revivalism, established social work and sociology in Canadian universities and church colleges, and aggressively sought to take a leadership role in social reform by incorporating independent reform organizations into the church-sponsored Social Service Council of Canada.

They also explore the instrumental role of Protestant clergymen in formulating social legislation and transforming the scope and responsibilities of the modern state.

The enormous influence of the Protestant churches before World War II can no longer be ignored, nor can the view that the churches were accomplices in their own secularization be justified. A Full-Orbed Christianity calls on historians to rethink the role of Protestantism in Canadian life and to recognize that it was not a garrison of anti-modernity but the chief harbinger of cultural change before 1940.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-357) and index.