- 472 pages
- English
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About this book
God's Plenty examines the religious landscape of Kingston, Ontario, in the twenty-first century. The rich religious life of Kingston - a mid-sized city with a strong sense of its history and its status as a university town - is revealed in a narrative that integrates material from sociological and historical studies, websites, interviews, religious and literary scholarship, and personal experience. In Kingston, as in every Canadian city, downtown parishes and congregations have dwindled, disappeared, or moved to the suburbs. Attendance at mainline churches - and their political authority - has declined. Ethnic diversity has increased within Christian churches, while religious communities beyond Christianity and Judaism have grown. Faith groups have split along liberal and conservative lines, and the number of those claiming to have no religion - or to be spiritual but not religious - has increased. Yet amidst all this, religion continues to be evident in institutions and public life and important to the lives of many Canadians. God's Plenty, a ground-breaking contribution to the study of religion in Canada and a model for future community-based research, is the first overview of the religious topography of a Canadian city, telling the story of various faith communities and adding to the study of religious diversity and multiculturalism.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Situations of the Sacred in Kingston: From Downtown to the Suburbs
- 2 Mainline Christian Denominations: Roman Catholic, United, Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist
- 3 Protestant Evangelicals: Pentecostal, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Free Methodist
- 4 Proselytizing Groups: Salvation Army, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brethren
- 5 Ethnic Christianity: Protestant, Eastern Christian, Roman Catholic
- 6 Liberal Religion: Quakers, Reform Jews, Unitarians
- 7 Diversity of Religions: Islam, Bahá’í, Hindu, Sai Baba, Sikh
- 8 Women’s Roles in Religions: Mainline Denominations and Alternative Spiritualities
- 9 Religion in Institutions: Universities, Hospitals, and Prisons
- 10 Religion in the City: Public Religion and the Religious Imagination
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- B Religious Site Profile Template
- C List of Interviews Conducted
- D Interviews Broadcast in the Profiles: People of FaithSeries
- E Letter of Information and Consent Form
- F 2001 Census, Kingston Religion
- Bibliography
- Index