Acknowledgements
Introduction: Religions and the Making of Canada
Jamie S. Scott, York University
1. Aboriginals
Jordan Paper, University of Victoria
2. Catholic Christians
Terence J. Fay, University of Toronto
3. Protestant Christians
C.T. McIntire, University of Toronto
4. Jews
Ira Robinson, Concordia University
5. Muslims
Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University and Jamie S. Scott, York
University
6. Hindus
Paul Younger, McMaster University
7. Buddhists
Jamie S. Scott, York University and Henry C.H. Shiu, University of
Toronto
8. Sikhs
Pashaura Singh, University of California, Riverside
9. Bahá'is
Will C. van den Hoonaard, University of New Brunswick and St.
Thomas University
Afterword: New Religious Movements and the Religions of Canadians
Going Forward
Jamie S. Scott, York University, with contributions from Irving
Hexham and Karla Poewe, University of Calgary
Appendix a: 2001 Census Tables: Selected Religions
Appendix b: 2001 Census Tables: Selected Religions by Immigrant
Status and Immigration Period
Contributors
Index
Canadians usually think of their religious culture as an extension of that of the United States. In fact, it has developed quite differently with several distinctive emphases. Scott's The Religions of Canadians has finally broken through to give us a rich and vigourous picture of this religious life. Stressing the concept of religious community, the book is less concerned with dogma and more with structures of living and working together. Benefiting from some of the leading scholars in Canadian religion, this book gives us genuine insights into the way our deeper lives have been configured, why they have taken this form, and how Canadian culture can be considered distinctive. And it is a fine book both for the casual reader and for the student. -- Earle Waugh, University of Alberta
Jamie S. Scott is Director of the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor in the Department of Humanities at York University.
While the intent is to educate all Canadians about current
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