The contribution of Presbyterianism to the Maritime Provinces of Canada /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two.
Subject:	Presbyterian Church -- Maritime Provinces -- History -- Congresses. Presbyterian Church. Maritime Provinces. Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11195942

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Other authors / contributors:	Scobie, Charlie, 1932- Rawlyk, George A.
ISBN:	9780773566521 077356652X 077351600X 9780773516007
Notes:	"It is based on a selection of papers read at a major scholarly conference 'The Contribution of Presbyterianism to Atlantic Canada, ' held at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, on 18-20 November 1994"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-258) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In their assessment of the contribution of Presbyterianism to the history and culture of the Maritime provinces, contributors from a variety of disciplines provide fresh and fascinating explorations of the significance of Presbyterianism in such areas as education, literature, social influence, and missionary outreach."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Contribution of Presbyterianism to the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997

Table of Contents:

Contents
Preface
Introduction
SCOTLAND AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES
1 Scottish Presbyterianism Transplanted to the Canadian Wilderness
2 The Kirk versus the Free Church: The Struggle for the Soul of the Maritimes at the Time of the Disruption
EDUCATION
3 The Presbyterian Contribution to Higher Education: Teaching Science in Maritime Universities
4 Schooling/Credentials for Professional Advancement: A Case Study of Pictou Presbyterians
LITERATURE
5 Thomas McCulloch's Fictional Celebration of the Reverend James MacGregor
6 George Patterson: Presbyterian PropagandistTHE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
7 Tabernacles in the Wilderness: The Open-Air Communion Tradition in Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century Cape Breton
8 Presbyterian Revivals
CHURCH AND SOCIETY
9 The Antislavery Polemic of the Reverend James MacGregor: Canada's Proto-Abolitionist as Radical Evangelical
10 Strikes, Rural Decay, and Socialism: The Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia Grapples with Social Realities, 1880â€?1914
11 From Sectarian Rivalry to National Vision: The Contribution of Maritime Presbyterianism to CanadaMISSIONS
12 John Geddie: The Canadian-Australian Connection
13 Presbyterian Missionaries from the Maritimes: Comparison and Contrast
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
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