Fifty Years of Religious Studies in Canada : A Personal Retrospective /

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In Canadian universities in the early 1960s, no courses were offered on Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam. Only the study of Christianity was available, usually in a theology program in a church college or seminary. Today almost every university in North America has a religious studies department that of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coward, Harold G., 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Curricula.
Theology > Study and teaching (Higher)
Religion > Study and teaching (Higher)
RELIGION > Reference.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Enseignement universitaire > Programmes d'etudes > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Universities and colleges > Curricula > Canada > History > 20th century.
Theology > Study and teaching (Higher) > Canada > History > 20th century.
Religion > Study and teaching (Higher) > Canada > History > 20th century.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1 Early Days: From Theology in Seminaries to Non-sectarian Religious Studies
  • 2 The Golden Decade 1966-1976
  • 3 McMaster Days: My Personal Experiences of McMaster in the Early 1970s
  • 4 McMaster's Contribution to Religious Studies in Canada
  • 5 Growing into Maturity: Development of Religious Studies Departments from the Late 1970s to the Present
  • 6 The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria
  • 7 Taking Seriously Our Interdisciplinary Heritage: The Future of Religious Studies
  • 8 Conclusion.

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