Religious studies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan : a state-of-the-art review / John M. Badertscher, Gordon Harland and Roland E. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badertscher, John M., 1936-

Contributor:

Harland, Gordon, 1920-

Miller, Roland E.

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Study of religion in Canada ; 4.

The Study of religion in Canada = Sciences religieuses au Canada ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching (Higher)--Manitoba.

Religion--Study and teaching (Higher)--Saskatchewan.

Theology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Manitoba.

Theology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Saskatchewan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This fourth volume in a series of state-of-the-art reviews of religious studies programs in Canadian provinces traces the formative role of religion in the establishment of the universities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Despite strong roots in denominational colleges, with their confessionally oriented study of religion, by the 1960s, ""there was a diffused sense in the culture of the need for a religious perspective, and even a quest for religious experience, but at the same time there was a growing dissatisfaction with the conventional ways of being religious."" This new perspective, cou

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part I: Religious Studies in Manitoba; Part II: Religious Studies in Saskatchewan; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780889208889

0889208883

OCLC:

753479459