The Theology of The United Church of Canada

The Theology of The United Church of Canada
Author: Don Schweitzer
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1771123974

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The United Church of Canada has a rich and complex history of theological development. This volume, written for the general reader as well as students and scholars, provides a comprehensive overview of that development, together with an analysis of this unique denomination’s core statements of faith and its contemporary theological landscape. When the Methodist, Congregational, and Local Union Churches in Canada, as well as most of the Presbyterians, came together as The United Church of Canada, the theological commonalities between them were significant. Over the succeeding decades, this made-in-Canada denomination has continued to define its convictions through consensus-building and large-scale studies. This volume, written by leading scholars, outlines key faith perspectives in areas such as creation, the Trinity, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, sin, mission, and sacraments. No book like this has appeared in over seventy years, and readers will find insight here that is unparalleled in its scope. In creative tension with each individual member’s freedom of conscience, the United Church as a whole has continued to express its commonly held faith in dialogue, continuity, and critical interaction with the faith of the worldwide, historic Christian community.

The United Church of Canada

The United Church of Canada
Author: Don Schweitzer
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1554584191

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From its inception in the early 1900s, The United Church of Canada set out to become the national church of Canada. This book recounts and analyzes the history of the church of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination and its engagement with issues of social and private morality, evangelistic campaigns, and its response to the restructuring of religion in the 1960s. A chronological history is followed by chapters on the United Church’s worship, theology, understanding of ministry, relationships with the Canadian Jewish community, Israel, and Palestinians, changing mission goals in relation to First Nations peoples, and changing social imaginary. The result is an original, accessible, and engaging account of The United Church of Canada’s pilgrimage that will be useful for students, historians, and general readers. From this account there emerges a complex portrait of the United Church as a distinctly Canadian Protestant church shaped by both its Christian faith and its engagement with the changing society of which it is a part.

After Evangelicalism

After Evangelicalism
Author: Kevin N. Flatt
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0773588574

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At a time when Canadians were arguing about the merits of a new flag, the birth-control pill, and the growing hippie counterculture, the leaders of Canada's largest Protestant church were occupied with turning much of English-Canadian religious culture on its head. In After Evangelicalism, Kevin Flatt reveals how the United Church of Canada abruptly reinvented its public image by cutting the remaining ties to its evangelical past. Flatt argues that although United Church leaders had already abandoned evangelical beliefs three decades earlier, it was only in the 1960s that rapid cultural shifts prompted the sudden dismantling of the church's evangelical programs and identity. Delving deep into the United Church's archives, Flatt uncovers behind-the-scenes developments that led to revolutionary and controversial changes in the church's evangelistic campaigns, educational programs, moral stances, and theological image. Not only did these changes evict evangelicalism from the United Church, but they helped trigger the denomination's ongoing numerical decline and decisively changed Canada's religious landscape. Challenging readers to see the Canadian religious crisis of the 1960s as involving more than just Quebec's Quiet Revolution, After Evangelicalism unveils the transformation of one of Canada's most prominent social institutions.

Building God's Beloved Community

Building God's Beloved Community
Author: Taylor Croissant
Publisher: The United Church of Canada
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2022-06-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1551342677

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Drawing on the expertise of United Church theologians and ministers from across the country, Building God’s Beloved Community outlines the church’s approach to some of the big questions, while offering insight into United Church worship, tradition, and history. An accessible and engaging primer designed to accompany those during their period of preparation—adult baptism, confirmation, or deeper study—Building God’s Beloved Community will draw you closer to God as it invites you into beloved community and encourages you to move out into the world to love and serve.

A Church with the Soul of a Nation

A Church with the Soul of a Nation
Author: Phyllis D. Airhart
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0773589309

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"As Canadian as the maple leaf" is how one observer summed up the United Church of Canada after its founding in 1925. But was this Canadian-made church flawed in its design, as critics have charged? A Church with the Soul of a Nation explores this question by weaving together the history of the United Church with a provocative analysis of religion and cultural change.

The Coming of the Cosmic Christ

The Coming of the Cosmic Christ
Author: Matthew Fox
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1988-11-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0060629150

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A comprehensive description of the transformation of Christianity, by the bestselling theologian who has defined this spiritual renaissance.

Who's Minding the Story?

Who's Minding the Story?
Author: Jeff Seaton
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2018-07-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532642458

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Who’s Minding the Story? examines the trajectory of the United Church of Canada since its heyday in the mid-1960s. Jeff Seaton argues that the denomination accepted the criticisms leveled at it by proponents of secular theology in the 1960s and made sweeping changes to its practices, its presentation of the Christian story, and its engagement with the world. Seaton argues that these “adjustments,” which continue to exert strong influence in the denomination today—as witnessed in the approaches of influential contemporary United Church leaders John Pentland and Gretta Vosper—have seriously weakened the United Church’s Christian identity and contributed to its decline. Engaging the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor in his magisterial volume A Secular Age, Seaton questions the assumptions that undergird secular theology. The book concludes with an invitation to the United Church to make a course correction by reengaging with the Christian tradition while maintaining its commitment to social justice, in a formulation Seaton names “progressive orthodoxy.”

Celebrate God's Presence

Celebrate God's Presence
Author: United Church of Canada
Publisher: Etobicoke, Ont. : United Church Publishing House
Total Pages: 766
Release: 2000
Genre:
ISBN: 9780886223656

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Faith on the Move

Faith on the Move
Author: Julie McGonegal
Publisher: The United Church of Canada
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1551342545

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Our spiritual practices carry us through the times of transition in our lives, when we wander in a metaphorical desert. For migrants, refugees, and immigrants, the journey is more than a metaphor. Daily reflections by diverse contributors invite us to reflect on and embody God’s welcome and love for people who are on the move for a variety of reasons. A study guide for groups is included.

Thriving Churches

Thriving Churches
Author: Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd
Publisher: The United Church of Canada
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1551342596

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THRIVING CHURCHES tells the story of two United Church ministers who travelled across Canada visiting flourishing United Churches to uncover the reasons for their success. Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd, minister at Westworth United Church in Winnipeg, visited urban churches, and Tammy Allan, minister at Olds-Sundre Pastoral Charge, Alberta, visited rural churches. They found these churches shared a number of features that helped them not only survive but also thrive through challenging times. Filled with concrete examples from congregations of all sizes, this book will inspire. Also included is an eight-session study guide on spiritual attributes of thriving churches.