Losing control
Subtitle: Canada's social conservatives in the age of rights
By: Tom Warner
Publisher: Between the Lines
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781897071410
Subjects: Religious right; Christianity and politics; Conservatism; Politics and government; Droite religieuse; Christianisme et politique; Conservatisme; Politique et gouvernement
Description: "Shedding a bright light on a dark side of Canadian politics, Losing Control critically examines Canada&#x2019;s social conservative movement and discovers a reactionary, anti-reform insurgency of evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. Tom Warner chronicles the religious right&#x2019;s advocacy on a range of moral issues&#x2013;from abortion and the regulation of consensual sex to same-sex marriage and moral instruction in the public schools. He finds a movement desperate not to lose control of the state&#x2019;s moral agenda in an age of Charter rights. This timely and important book raises truly alarming questions about the close relationship between a resilient, never-say-die social conservative constituency and the political direction of the federal Conservative Party."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Social Conservatism and the Canadian State; title: Chapter 2 The Right to Life and the Right to Choice; title: Chapter 3 Regulating Sexuality and Social Order; title: Chapter 4 Anti-Gay Activism in the Age of Rights; title: Chapter 5 The Defence of Family and Marriage; title: Chapter 6 Conflicting Rights and Clashing Values; title: Chapter 7 Faith, Politics, and the Transformation of Canada.