Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada
Critical Essays on Contemporary Trends
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2015
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-77112-137-8 (ISBN)
Description
The story of the consecrated life in Canada since the 1960s should be about much more than numerical decline. Although the falling numbers are significant among Catholic religious in communities that pre-date Vatican II, many communities continue to show stability and even growth. This book provides nuance to that story by adding detailed portraits of movements, communities and institutions.
In four parts, this book presents essays from the leading scholars on religious life in Canada that seek to address the state of religious communities dedicated to religious virtuosity normally characterized by formal promises of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The essays examine a broad range of topics related to the general state of consecrated (or ""religious"" or ""monastic"") life in contemporary Canadian Christian and Buddhist traditions.
In the first section, the contributors trace the demographics and definitions of religious life in Canada. The second section examines Canadian developments in Catholic religious life during the Vatican II and the post-Vatican II eras. A third section explores trends in contemporary Canadian religious life, while the fourth section describes the consecrated life in other Canadian religious traditions.
In four parts, this book presents essays from the leading scholars on religious life in Canada that seek to address the state of religious communities dedicated to religious virtuosity normally characterized by formal promises of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The essays examine a broad range of topics related to the general state of consecrated (or ""religious"" or ""monastic"") life in contemporary Canadian Christian and Buddhist traditions.
In the first section, the contributors trace the demographics and definitions of religious life in Canada. The second section examines Canadian developments in Catholic religious life during the Vatican II and the post-Vatican II eras. A third section explores trends in contemporary Canadian religious life, while the fourth section describes the consecrated life in other Canadian religious traditions.
Reviews / Votes
It is an important contribution to the scholarly literature about religious communities in Canada, and more broadly, to the academic discussion of secularization in postwar Canada ... Recent scholarship, both Canadian and international, has emphasized that secularization is not a neat, linear process, with predetermined, inevitable conclusions. The studies contained in Understanding the Consecrated Life support this more nuanced, critical understanding of secularization. -- Bruce Douville, Algoma University -- Church History and Religious Culture 97 (2017)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77112-137-8 (9781771121378)
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Person
Jason Zuidema is an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University. He is author and editor of a number of books and articles on Catholic and Protestant thought from the Early Modern to the Contemporary Periods.
Content
Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada: Critical Essays on Contemporary Trends, edited by Jason Zuidema
Acknowledgements
Part I: Numbers and Definition
1. Introduction: Living the Consecrated Life in Canada Jason Zuidema
2. Le nombre de religieux au Quebec : pourquoi est-il monte aussi haut avant 1960 et descendu aussi bas apres 1965? Guy Laperriere
3. Catholic Consecrated Life in Canada: A Statistical Overview Kathryn Rose Sawyer with Jason Zuidema
4. Le monachisme dans l'cglise et la societe : une perspective de sociologie historique Paul-Andre Turcotte, c.s.v.
5. La vie religieuse au Quebec : une place a trouver et une identite a repenser Gilles Routhier
Part II: Catholic Religious: Retrospect and Development
6. The Local Bishop in the Renewal of Religious Life After Vatican II: G. Emmett Carter and the Precious Blood Sisters in the Diocese of London, Ontario Michael Attridge
7. The Canadian Province of the Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions: The Horizon Reference and Reception of Vatican II, Moving Toward a New Constellation of Meanings Rosa Bruno-Jofre
8. Experiencing Vatican II: Oral Histories of Women Religious Recalling Change, Challenges, and Creative Solutions Elizabeth Smyth and Patricia Kmeic
9. Avoiding and Exaggerating Renewal: Maritime Catholic Newspapers' Reporting on Women Religious, 1962-1975 Heidi MacDonald and Emily Burton
10. ""All Things Pass But Love Remains"": The Closing Decades of a Religious Community Elizabeth W. McGahan
11. La Conference Religieuse Canadienne (CRC) : 60 ans au service des communautes religieuses Yvon Pomerleau, o.p.
Part III: Religious in Christian Traditions: Contemporary Trends
12. Un projet tisse d'esperance et ouvert a la nouveaute : La vie consacree contemporaine a travers un periodique catholique francophone, la revue En Son Nom (2003-2012) Dominique Laperle
13. Entre tradition et innovation : nouveaux instituts, communautes nouvelles et nouvelles formes de vie consacree au Canada Rick van Lier, o.p.
14. Les instituts seculiers : nouveaux espoirs et nouveaux defis Gabrielle Lachance
15. New Monasticism among Evangelical Protestants Martha Elias Downey
16. Canadian Catholic Religious Orders and the Social Economy Movement in Canada Robert McKeon
17. ""A Prey to History"": The Decline of Religious in Canada 1959-1988 Darren J. Dias
18. Standing on Holy Ground: Benedict, Francis, and Monastic Environmentalism Cory Andrew Labrecque
19. Les causes de canonisation, porteuses de memoire des communautes Claude Auger
Part IV: Other Religious Traditions: Contemporary Trends
20. Buddhist and Other Monasticisms in Canada Victor Sogen Hori
21. The Thai Buddhist Forest Tradition in Ontario Julia Stenzel
22. The Avatamsaka Sagely Monastery and New Perspectives on Globalized Buddhism in Canada Lina Verchery
23. Buddhist Meditation and the Consecrated Life: The Sitavana Birken Forest Monastery Yunchange (Jack) Liu
24. Cultivating the Life of Divinity: The Consecrated Lifestyle of the Sri Chinmoy Centres of Canada Michelle Rebidoux
25. Renouncing the World to Get Engaged? Gampo Abbey and the Role of Monasticism in a Lay Buddhist Movement Barbara Clayton
26. Changing Perceptions of Monasticism within Ontario Khmer and Lao Buddhist Communities Janet McLellan and Marybeth White
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements
Part I: Numbers and Definition
1. Introduction: Living the Consecrated Life in Canada Jason Zuidema
2. Le nombre de religieux au Quebec : pourquoi est-il monte aussi haut avant 1960 et descendu aussi bas apres 1965? Guy Laperriere
3. Catholic Consecrated Life in Canada: A Statistical Overview Kathryn Rose Sawyer with Jason Zuidema
4. Le monachisme dans l'cglise et la societe : une perspective de sociologie historique Paul-Andre Turcotte, c.s.v.
5. La vie religieuse au Quebec : une place a trouver et une identite a repenser Gilles Routhier
Part II: Catholic Religious: Retrospect and Development
6. The Local Bishop in the Renewal of Religious Life After Vatican II: G. Emmett Carter and the Precious Blood Sisters in the Diocese of London, Ontario Michael Attridge
7. The Canadian Province of the Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions: The Horizon Reference and Reception of Vatican II, Moving Toward a New Constellation of Meanings Rosa Bruno-Jofre
8. Experiencing Vatican II: Oral Histories of Women Religious Recalling Change, Challenges, and Creative Solutions Elizabeth Smyth and Patricia Kmeic
9. Avoiding and Exaggerating Renewal: Maritime Catholic Newspapers' Reporting on Women Religious, 1962-1975 Heidi MacDonald and Emily Burton
10. ""All Things Pass But Love Remains"": The Closing Decades of a Religious Community Elizabeth W. McGahan
11. La Conference Religieuse Canadienne (CRC) : 60 ans au service des communautes religieuses Yvon Pomerleau, o.p.
Part III: Religious in Christian Traditions: Contemporary Trends
12. Un projet tisse d'esperance et ouvert a la nouveaute : La vie consacree contemporaine a travers un periodique catholique francophone, la revue En Son Nom (2003-2012) Dominique Laperle
13. Entre tradition et innovation : nouveaux instituts, communautes nouvelles et nouvelles formes de vie consacree au Canada Rick van Lier, o.p.
14. Les instituts seculiers : nouveaux espoirs et nouveaux defis Gabrielle Lachance
15. New Monasticism among Evangelical Protestants Martha Elias Downey
16. Canadian Catholic Religious Orders and the Social Economy Movement in Canada Robert McKeon
17. ""A Prey to History"": The Decline of Religious in Canada 1959-1988 Darren J. Dias
18. Standing on Holy Ground: Benedict, Francis, and Monastic Environmentalism Cory Andrew Labrecque
19. Les causes de canonisation, porteuses de memoire des communautes Claude Auger
Part IV: Other Religious Traditions: Contemporary Trends
20. Buddhist and Other Monasticisms in Canada Victor Sogen Hori
21. The Thai Buddhist Forest Tradition in Ontario Julia Stenzel
22. The Avatamsaka Sagely Monastery and New Perspectives on Globalized Buddhism in Canada Lina Verchery
23. Buddhist Meditation and the Consecrated Life: The Sitavana Birken Forest Monastery Yunchange (Jack) Liu
24. Cultivating the Life of Divinity: The Consecrated Lifestyle of the Sri Chinmoy Centres of Canada Michelle Rebidoux
25. Renouncing the World to Get Engaged? Gampo Abbey and the Role of Monasticism in a Lay Buddhist Movement Barbara Clayton
26. Changing Perceptions of Monasticism within Ontario Khmer and Lao Buddhist Communities Janet McLellan and Marybeth White
Contributors
Index