Don Schweitzer

The United Church of Canada: A History Don Schweitzer

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Issued also in electronic formats. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- Genealogical Chart of Church Union in Canada -- Part 1. Chronology -- Chapter 1. Unity among Many: The Formation of The United Church of Canada, 1899-1930 / C. T. Mclntire -- Chapter 2. The 1930s / Eleanor J. Stebner -- Chapter 3. The United Church and the Second World War / Ian McKay Manson -- Chapter 4. A Golden Age: The United Church of Canada, 1946-1960 / John H. Young -- Chapter 5. And Whether Pigs Have Wings: The United Church in the 1960s / Sandra Beardsall -- Chapter 6. The 1970s: Voices from the Margins / Joan Wyatt -- Chapter 7. 1980s: What Does It Mean to Be The United Church of Canada? Emergent Voices, Self-Critique, and Dissent / Tracy J. Trothen -- Chapter 8. 1990-2003: The Church into the New Millennium / Ross Bartlett -- Part 2. Thematic Issues -- Chapter 9. Worship on the Way: The Dialectic of United Church Worship / William S. Kervin -- Chapter 10. A Look at Ministry: Diversity and Ambiguity / Charlotte Caron -- Chapter 11. United Church Mission Goals and First Nations Peoples / Alf Dumont, Roger Hutchinson -- Chapter 12. Jews and Palestinians: An Unresolved Conflict in the United Church Mind / Alan Davies -- Chapter 13. Awash in Theology: Issues in Theology in The United Church of Canada / Michael Bourgeois -- Chapter 14. The Changing Social Imaginary of The United Church of Canada / Don Schweitzer -- List of Contributors -- Index. Review Quotes: Engaged with the present and looking to the future, The United Church of Canada has paid scant attention to its past, as have most academic historians. But the church, Canada, and the church s role within Canadian society have altered drastically since church union in 1925. Now Don Schweitzer has assembled an excellent group of scholars to tell the story. Readers within the denomination can learn from the past and find resources to develop a vision for the future, while all readers will gain deeper understanding of Canada during the past century. A perceptive and readable study. - Marilyn F?rdig Whiteley, author of [http: //www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/whiteley-methodist.shtml "Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925: Marys, Marthas, Mothers in Israel"] (WLU Press, 2005)"Review Quotes: The publication of "The United Church of Canada" should be noted as one of the most significant milestones in the documentation and exploration of the history of Christianity in Canada. This volume not only explores the origins of the unique ecumenical project that is the UCC but, perhaps more importantly, bravely confronts its key movements, conversations, and contributions in the story of Canadian political and religious history. The contributing authors provide the reader with a rich dialectic in perspective, tone, and interpretation that significantly enhances the impact of the volume. Given the importance of The United Church to the discourse of Canadian nation-making, this work is a must-read for those who seek not only to understand the history of Christianity in North America but to engage the conversation of religion and culture, politics and power, meaning-making and societal well-becoming as we reorder our discourse of selfhood in a transnational environment. - Wendy Fletcher, Vancouver School of Theology, author of "Like Water on Rock: Gender Integration in Canadian Anglicanism" (2002)" Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Schweitzer, Don Don Schweitzer is McDougald Professor of Theology at St. Andrew's College, Saskatoon, Canada. He is the author of Contemporary Christologies (2010).