From seminary to university : an institutional history of the study of religion in Canada / Aaron W. Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching (Higher)--Canada--History.

Religion.

Theology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Canada--History.

Theology.

Theological seminaries--Canada--History.

Theological seminaries.

Universities and colleges--Curricula--Canada--History.

Universities and colleges.

Religion--Study and teaching (Higher).

Theology--Study and teaching (Higher).

Universities and colleges--Curricula.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 231 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This book provides the first historical examination of the study of religion in Canada. While secular departments of religious studies would not emerge in Canada until the late 1960s, the teaching of religion under the guise of divinity, theology, the Bible, and moral philosophy has been omnipresent for much of the country's history. The gradual transformation from the teaching of religious truths at denominational theological colleges to the non-denominational and secular study of religion at universities was a lengthy and complicated one."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Inauspicious Beginnings p. 17

2 The University of Toronto: A Case Study p. 36

3 Late Victorian Scholarship and the Rise of Higher Criticism p. 49

4 Westward Bound p. 69

5 Battle Lines p. 93

6 Venues of Dissemination p. 108

7 From Seminary to University p. 130

8 Florescence p. 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- From seminary to university.

ISBN:

9781487504977

1487504977

OCLC:

1138462720

Publisher Number:

99985017262