Description
Book SynopsisA unique and timely exploration of the important ways that religion shapes political conflict across Canada.
Trade ReviewThis is a solid monograph, based on an impressive array of sources ... It is also very readable, and mercifully free of jargon, making it accessible for undergraduates and interested lay readers outside academia. It is recommended to anybody seeking to understand the role of religion in the recent Canadian political landscape. It is also an important contribution to the ongoing debate over 'secularization' in Canadian society.
-- Bruce Douville, History Department, Algoma University * Canadian Parliamentary Review *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Faith and Party Politics in Canada
Part 1: Federal Politics
1 Conservative Faith and Federal Parties
2 Abortion Politics and Federal Parties
Part 2: Persistent Denominationalism in Provincial Politics
3 Religion in Atlantic Provincial Politics: The Special Cases of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick
4 Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives and Tenacious Denominational Politics, 1943–85
Part 3: Religious Conservatism and the Partisan Right
5 Sexual Diversity and the Mobilization of Faith Communities in Ontario, 1986–2015
6 The Declining Influence of Conservative Faith in Alberta since 1971
7 Schooling, Sexuality, and Religious Conservatism in British Columbia Politics
Part 4: Canada’s Most Distinctive Regions
8 Conflicted Secularism in Francophone Quebec Party Politics
9 Evangelical Christianity and Northern Territorial Politics
Conclusion: Canadian Diversity in Comparative Context
Notes; Index
