A Profusion of Spires : : Religion in Nineteenth-Century Ontario / / John Grant.

In their heyday, Ontario's churches were the acknowledged arbiters of acceptable belief and respectable behaviour. Denominational affiliation was a key factor in determining whom people married, what colleges they chose for their children, how they voted, and in some cases what they wore.The ce...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1988
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (291 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Preface
  • 1. Spirits of the Land
  • 2. Uprooted Traditions
  • 3. Foundations
  • 4. Varieties of Pioneer Religion
  • 5. Atlantic Triangle
  • 6. Religion on the Hustings
  • 7. New Measures
  • 8. Echoes of Europe
  • 9. Affairs of State
  • 10. Mission Accomplished
  • 11. The Activist Temper
  • 12. The Beckoning Vision
  • 13. Strains in the Fabric
  • 14. The Anatomy of Ontario Religion
  • Notes
  • Picture credits
  • Index