God's province : evangelical Christianity, political thought, and conservatism in Alberta /

God's province : evangelical Christianity, political thought, and conservatism in Alberta /

"Relative to the United States, it is assumed that religion has not been a significant factor in Canada's political development. In God's Province, Clark Banack challenges this assumption, showing that, in Alberta, religious motivation played a vital role in shaping its initial politi...

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Main Author: Banack, Clark, 1981- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Christian conservatism > Alberta > History > 20th century.
Conservatism > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 20th century.
Politicians > Religious life > Alberta > History > 20th century.
Church history > 20th century.
Religion and politics > Alberta > History > 20th century.
Alberta > Religion > 20th century.
Alberta > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Alberta > Politics and government > 20th century.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Democracy and millennialism in American evangelical Protestantism : the context of religious interpretation in Alberta
  • Religion and the political thought of Henry Wise Wood : liberal postmillennialism and the initial rejection of prairie socialism in Alberta
  • Religion and the political thought of William Aberhart and Ernest Manning : fundamentalist premillennialism and anti-socialist sentiment in Alberta
  • Religion, political thought, and public policy in contemporary Alberta : social conservatism vs the anti-statist religious perspective of Preston Manning
  • Conclusion.