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).

Religion.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)

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:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Timeline

Introduction

Religion, Politics, Individuals

Precursors to the Present Volume: The State-of-the-Art Reviews

English versus French Canada?

Definition of "the Study of Religion"

1. Inauspicious Beginnings

Historical Contexts

Precursors to Royal Charters

The Church of England and the Founding of Colonial Universities

McGill

Queen's

McMaster

Conclusions

2. The University of Toronto: A Case Study

Establishing an Imperial College

King's College (Toronto) Opens Its Doors

Theological Colleges

The Baldwin Act (1849)

The Hincks Act (1853)

The Federation Act (1887)

3. Late Victorian Scholarship and the Rise of Higher Criticism

The Recruitment of Faculty

The Comparative Study of Religion

Biblical and Oriental Studies: Maintaining the Equilibrium

Higher Criticism: The Floodgates Open

James F. McCurdy: Higher Criticism Enters the Mainstream

4. Westward Bound

Confederation

The CPR

Western Canada: Four Paradigms of Universities

University of Saskatchewan

University of Alberta

University of Manitoba

University of British Columbia

Two Models of Religion and Politics on the Prairies: William Aberhart and Tommy Douglas

5. Battle Lines

Canadian Denominationalism

Denominationalism and Its Limitations on the Study of Religion

The United Church of Canada: A Brief History

Oriental Studies and the University of Toronto

Religious Knowledge: A Precursor to Religious Studies

The Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS)

6. Venues of Dissemination

The Canadian Journal of Religious Thought (1924-32)

Trends

Historical Criticism

Final Volume

7. From Seminary to University

Behind the Scenes

Multiculturalism (1971)

Scholarly Organizations Devoted to the Study of Religion

Canadian Theological Society (CTS)

Canadian Society of Church History (CSCH)

Societe canadienne de theologie (SCT)

Canadian Society for the Study of Religion / Societe canadienne pour l'etude de la religion (CSSR/SCÉR)

Societe quebecoise pour l'etude de la religion (SQÉR)

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses (CCSR)

Studies in Religion / Sciences religieuses (SR)

Religious Studies vs. Theology

George P. Grant (1918-1988)

Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916-2000)

Klaus K. Klostermaier (1933-)

8. Florescence

McGill (1949)

McMaster (1960)

UBC (1964)

Universite de Montreal (1969) and Universite du Quebec à Montreal (1972)

University of Manitoba (1968)

University of Toronto (1969)

University of Alberta (1973)

Dalhousie (1973)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-3127-3

1-4875-3126-5

OCLC:

1138462653