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Title: Religion and Canadian Party Politics
Author : David Rayside, Jerald Sabin & Paul E.J. Thomas
Release Date : January 07, 2017
Genre: World Affairs,Books,Politics & Current Events,Nonfiction,Social Science,Religion & Spirituality,
Pages : * pages
Size : 3099 KB

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Religion is usually thought of as inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics. This book takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial arenas. Drawing on case studies from across the country, it explores three important axes of religiously based contention – Protestant vs. Catholic, conservative vs. reformer, and, more recently, opponents vs. defenders of accommodating minority religious practices. Although the extent of partisan engagement with each of these sources of conflict has varied across time and region, the authors show that religion still matters in shaping political oppositions. These themes are illuminated by comparisons to the role faith plays in the politics of other Western industrialized societies.