A Highly Favored Nation
The Bible and Canadian Meaning, 1860-1900
Published on 22. October 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-0-7618-3903-3 (ISBN)
Description
A Highly Favored Nation focuses on the ways late nineteenth-century Canadians employed biblical texts to describe Canadian identity and the meanings of their nation. Recognizing that many "ordinary" Canadians who went about their day-to-day lives probably did not have much interest in existential questions, this book focuses on the words of Canada's nationalists, preachers, promoters, and enthusiasts. A Highly Favored Nation challenges the common nineteenth-century Protestant claim that Quebec was a Bible-free zone and it suggests that, by the end of the nineteenth century, Canadians' public use of Scripture had diminished the Bible's cultural authority.
Reviews / Votes
Jones showsthat Canadian experience illustrates just as much as American experience the beatitude arising from treating God-given 'holy things' as gifts from a merciful Sovereign, but also the enervating peril when these 'holy things' are mishandled as objects of partisan advantage. * Books and Culture *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
203 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-3903-3 (9780761839033)
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Person
Preston Jones has been a U.S.-Canada Fulbright Scholar and a fellow of the Pew Program in Religion and American History. He has contributed over 220 articles to numerous publications for general and academic audiences, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, the National Post (Toronto), the Journal of Church and State, and the American Review of Canadian Studies. Professor Jones has taught Advanced Placement courses at the secondary level and history at Sonoma State University (California), the University of Dallas, and the University of Ottawa (Canada), where he completed his Ph.D. in 1999. Currently he teaches at John Brown University in Arkansas. This is his fourth book.
Content
Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The Bible and Confederation
Chapter 4 The Bible and Anglo-Canadian Identity
Chapter 5 The Bible and National Expansion
Chapter 6 The Bible and Quebec
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Part 8 Bibliography
Part 9 About the Author
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The Bible and Confederation
Chapter 4 The Bible and Anglo-Canadian Identity
Chapter 5 The Bible and National Expansion
Chapter 6 The Bible and Quebec
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Part 8 Bibliography
Part 9 About the Author