Infidels and the damn churches : irreligion and religion in settler British Columbia / Lynne Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Lynne Sorrel, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irreligion--British Columbia--History.

Irreligion.

Secularism--British Columbia--History.

Secularism.

Religion--History.

Religion.

History.

British Columbia--Religion.

British Columbia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Irreligion and religion in settler British Columbia

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2017]

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 BC, 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 BC offers new insights into the beginnings of what has become an increasingly dominant secular worldview across Canada."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A godless province? Counting the infidels and the indifferent

Pie in the sky when you die : political and cultural challenges to religion

Manly white men, fuzzy fidelity, and practical Christians : blurred boundaries of belief and chasms of racialized difference

Sundays are so different here : communities in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia

Could Sodom be worse? Christianity, moral reform, and the godless of Vancouver and Victoria

Under siege : non-Christians, racialized groups, and white women's rights

Subtler and more dangerous forms of error : metaphysical religions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and index.

Other Format:

Marks, Lynne Sorrel, 1960-, author. Infidels and the damn churches.

ISBN:

9780774833448

0774833440

OCLC:

965149410