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The Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches has been published continuously since 1916 and contains information about denominations, churches, clergy, seminaries, and other religious organizations in the United States and Canada. The volume provides membership and financial statistics, descriptions of denominations, contact information for denominational offices, historical data, a directory of theological schools and ecumenical agencies, a calendar of religious holidays and festivals, and a listing of religious periodicals.
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An illustrated architectural history of one of Halifax'sfounding structures (1749) built in the architectural traditions ofSir Christopher Wren and James Gibbs. The book is presented as acollection of historical photographs each accompanied by detaileddescriptive texts, and augmented by five interpretative essays. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches has been published continuously since 1916 and contains information about denominations, churches, clergy, seminaries, and other religious organizations in the United States and Canada. The volume provides membership and financial statistics, descriptions of denominations, contact information for denominational offices, historical data, a directory of theological schools and ecumenical agencies, a calendar of religious holidays and festivals, and a listing of religious periodicals. ... Read more

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The first definitive guide to Canada's most beautiful and significant churches.

In every city and town in Canada, churches stand as monuments to our spiritual, ethnic and architectural heritage. With as many styles as there are denominations of faith, these buildings tell the story of 250 years of immigrants bringing their Old World traditions into a New World landscape, and of how these traditions changed over time as the country moved west.

These magnificent buildings were constructed by many different denominations and in very different styles, but they all have in common the desire to create a lasting and suitable monument to their faith.

Canadian Churches: An Architectural History is the first definitive guide to more than 250 of the most beautiful and significant churches across the country. Peter Richardson and Douglas Richardson provide the history of each church, including its construction, subsequent alterations or additions, the early congregation, and any architectural details that make these churches unique and noteworthy.

Packed with more than 400 photographs, this book is as beautiful as it is informative. The authors have captured the essence of the buildings as well as the human drama and passion that led to their creation. The rich history and beauty bring a romance to the "architecture of religion" that will leave readers captivated, regardless of their faith.

Canadian Churches is a must for anyone interested in Canadian architecture, history and religion.

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Full of glory and dedication.
The photographs are amazing. The text is in depth.
It works as a coffee table book for a flip through, as a historical reference for Churches of Canada and their stories or as a good read from cover to cover.
A great great book.
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From his role in the devotional revolutions of the nineteenth century to tending the Irish famine migrants in the fever sheds of Toronto, Michael Power's extraordinary life provides glimpses into the role of the Church during the most important events in early Canadian history. Writing with insight and grace, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth. McGowan sets his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, tracing the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841, Power became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today. Born to Irish parents in 1804 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Power began his work as a priest in the St Francis River Valley.After a series of other frontier postings, he moved to Toronto, where he died, just days before his forty-fourth birthday, following work with the Irish immigrant community during the typhoid epidemic. ... Read more

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Builder of Community and Faith in Toronto
Michael Power was a formidable figure in Toronto's formation. The first Catholic Bishop of the city, he was responsible for the building of the beautiful St. Michael's Cathedral. McGowan's book is a rich biopic of life in Canada and especially Upper Canada in first half of the 19th Century. It's fluid prose traverses a rigidly sequestered society, seething with political and ethnic tensions.

Power's diocese contained a rich mixture of cultures and faiths, European and native. There was the established Anglican Church, itinerent Protestant ministers and sects, aboriginal culture based largely on animistic worship and the struggling Catholic faith formed largely of Irish and transplanted Quebecers. The Church itself was staffed by priests of spotty calibre, many faithful apostles, but also some rogue elements with a penchant for drinking, womanizing and brawling in pubs.. and one who ran his hogs in the local burial ground, scandalizing his parishioners. A significant challenge for the Church existing in simply sacralizing frontier marriages, often of mixed denomination.

His was a frontier ministry, replete with the hardships of frontier life in the harsh Canadian climate. Canada was also the inheritor of a turbulent period in European history, formed of the rebellion around Enlightenment thought. And those of reactionary counter movements, notably in the Ultramontane Catholic traditionalist movement.

Powers was himself Irish, of Maritime roots. He was a man with a legalistic and organized frame of mind, with a lifelong interest in Canon Law and strict principles of observance. He was always a voice for the established order, in Church and in society at a time where rebellion seethed in both. But he was also a voice for harmony amongst denominations, of charity in a society of polarized wealth and grinding poverty for some, and evangalization of First Nations. He dealt with many of the same issues the Church deals with today, a shortage of priests, and certainly a critical shortage of good priests. He brought immense energy and a store of compassion to his dioceses as well as sense of order to times of rampant apostacy and apocalyptic visions.

He was only 43 when the Irish Potato Famine brought hordes of dispossessed to the city, famished and disease ridden. He contracted typhus while giving aid and pastoral care to his new flock. This book is a beautifully descriptive narrative of life in early upper Canada, from the unique perspective, of a dedicated bishop. But it also provides a colourful lens, well crafted, of the ermerging and increasingly cosmopolitan city of Toronto from a priest and one who sacrificed his life for his cause.

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Despite record profits and low interestrates and inflation, the mainstream economy fails to meet the needs ofmany Canadians. Yet there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon: agrowing grassroots movement called community economic development(CED). These efforts encourage citizens to take action for social andeconomic development. MacAdam offers practical suggestions forindividuals and groups who wish to participate in community economicinitiatives. ... Read more

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John Webster Grant?s The Church in the Canadian Era was originally published in 1972. It remains a classic and important text on the history of the Canadian churches since Confederation. This updated edition has been expanded to include a chapter on recent history as well as a new bibliographical survey. Its approach is ecumenical, taking account not only of the whole range of Christian denominations but of sources in both national languages. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: The Musson book company, limited in 1918 in 373 pages; Subjects: Bishops; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Religion / General; Religion / Christianity / Anglican; Religion / Christianity / Denominations; ... Read more

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Winner of the 1997 Jewish Book Committee award for scholarship on a Canadian Jewish subject.Ever since Abella and Troper (None Is too Many,1982) exposed theanti-Semitism behind Canada's refusal to allow Jewishescapees from the Third Reich to immigrate, the Canadian churches have beenunder a shadow. Were the churches silent or largely silent, as alleged, or didthey speak?

In How Silent Were the Churches? a Jew and a Christianexamine the Protestant record.Old letters, sermons and other church documentsyield a profile of contemporary Protestant attitudes. Countless questions areraised --How much anti-Semitism lurked in Canadian Protestantism? How muchpro-German feeling? How accurately did the churches of Canada read the signsof the times?Or did they bury their heads in the sand? Davies and Nefsky discover somesurprising answers. ... Read more

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In retrospect it is difficult to accept that Western democracies have implicitly supported, or at least tolerated, the legalized system of white supremacy in South Africa known as apartheid. In Good Faith, explains why the Christian churches were among the first to publicly protest, and why they provided such cogent and determined international support for the struggle against apartheid.

The Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility is a coalition of Christian churches that for nearly twenty years was one of Canada's leading anti-apartheid advocates. As the first co-ordinator of this Taskforce, Renate Pratt was at the centre of the early anti-apartheid initiatives in Canada and consequently is able to supply a clear and accurate view. The book traces the history of exchanges between the Taskforce and successive ministers and senior civil servants of the Department of External Affairs. It details the reluctant and weak responses offered by the Canadian government and business community right up to the time of Nelson Mandela's release from prison. ... Read more

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The relative silence of Canadian Protestant churches during the Holocaust and their critical attitude toward the State of Israel stemmed mainly from Christian teachings about Jews and Judaism. The very existence of Israel contradicted a fundamental tenet of Christianity, and churches faced the difficult task of finding a way to reconcile the permanent existence of a Jewish state with their theology. In The Holocaust, Israel, and Canadian Protestant Churches Haim Genizi distinguishes between legitimate criticism of Israel and antisemitic attacks on its legitimacy and right to exist. Genizi pays particular attention to the controversy surrounding A.C. Forrest, editor of the influential United Church Observer, which constantly criticized Israel's policies and strongly supported the Palestinian cause, a position that led to a serious dispute with the Canadian Jewish community. Genizi also deals with the complications and ambiguities of the geopolitics of the Middle East and examines the dilemmas they pose for both the Christian and the Jewish conscience.The conflict over resolutions condemning Israel for accepting apartheid and maintaining systematic racial cleansing, adopted in the international conference on racism in Durban, South Africa, in late 2001, shows how explosive the controversy over the Israel-Palestinian crisis remains. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more