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QUEBECHISTORYPOLITICALSCIENCERELIGIOUSSTUDIESSOCIOLOGYSPECIFICATIONSSPECIFICATIONSeditedbymichaeld.behielsandmatthewhaydaywilliamclossonjamesContemporaryQuebecContemporaryQuebecCanadasFrancophoneMinorityCommunitiesConstitutionalRenewalandtheWinningofSchoolGovernanceBilingualTodayUnitedTomorrowOfcialLanguagesinEducationandCanadianFederalismGodsPlentyGodsPlentyJanuary2012October2011222011Forafulllistofcontributorspleasevisitourwebsiteatwww.mqup.ca.MQUPFALLAcompellingandinformativeoverviewofQuebecsevolutionoverthepastseveraldecades.Acompletereligioustopographyofamid-sizedCanadiancityintheearlytwenty-rstcenturyinspiredbytheHarvardPluralismProject.978-0-7735-3891-754.95ACDN54.95AUS37.00paper978-0-7735-3890-0135.00SCDN135.00SUS101.00cloth6.125x9.125824pp10graphs978-0-7735-3925-934.95ACDNpaper978-0-7735-3889-495.00SCDN95.00SUS71.00cloth6x9456pp20bwphotosInthelastseventyyearsQuebechaschangedfromasocietydominatedbythesocialedictsoftheCatholicChurchandtheeconomicinterestsofanglophonebusinessleaderstoamoresecularculturethatfrequentlyelectsseparatistpoliticalpartiesandhasdevelopedthemostcomprehensivewelfarestateinNorthAmerica.InleadingscholarsraiseprovocativequestionsaboutthewaysinwhichQuebechasbeentransformedsincetheSecondWorldWarandoffercompetinginterpretationsofthereasonsfortheprovincesquietandradicalrevolutions.Collectingtheworksofhistorianspoliticalscientistssociologistsexpertsinaboriginalstudiesandwomensstudieschaptersconsiderissuesrangingfromlanguagepoliciestoprogressivechangesingenderrolesandnormsandintensedebatessurroundingissuesofnationalismandidentity.ProvidingaremarkablyclearandengagingoverviewofthemajorthemesissuesandeventsofQuebechistorycultureandpoliticsisaninvaluableresourceforhistoryandCanadianstudiescoursesandanidealintroductionforanyonewantingtobetterunderstandthisdynamicprovince.isUniversityResearchChairCanadianFederalismandConstitutionalStudiesattheUniversityofOttawaandauthorof.isassociateprofessorofhistoryattheUniversityofGuelphandtheauthorof.ReligiouslifeinCanadahaschangeddramaticallyinrecentdecadesduetosecularizationandthepopulationshiftsresultingfromurbanizationandimmigration.NewvarietiesofpluralismhaveemergedentailingmassivechangesinacultureonceassumedtobealmostuniformlyChristian.examinesthereligiouslandscapeofKingstonOntariointhetwenty-rstcentury.TherichreligiouslifeofKingstonamid-sizedcitywithastrongsenseofitshistoryanditsstatusasauniversitytownisrevealedinanarrativethatintegratesmaterialfromsociologicalandhistoricalstudieswebsitesinterviewsreligiousandliteraryscholarshipandpersonalexperience.InKingstonasineveryCanadiancitydowntownparishesandcongregationshavedwindleddisappearedormovedtothesuburbs.Atten-danceatmainlinechurchesandtheirpoliticalauthorityhasdeclined.EthnicdiversityhasincreasedwithinChristianchurcheswhilereligiouscommunitiesbeyondChristianityandJudaismhavegrown.Faithgroupshavesplitalongliberalandconservativelinesandthenumberofthoseclaimingtohavenoreligionortobespiritualbutnotreligioushasincreased.YetamidstallthisreligioncontinuestobeevidentininstitutionsandpubliclifeandimportanttothelivesofmanyCanadians.aground-breakingcontributiontothestudyofreligioninCanadaandamodelforfuturecommunity-basedresearchistherstoverviewofthereligioustopographyofaCanadiancitytellingthestoryofvariousfaithcommunitiesandaddingtothestudyofreligiousdiversityandmulticulturalism.AspecialistinreligioninCanadahasbeenamemberoftheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesatQueensUniversityformorethanthirty-veyears.ContemporaryQuebecSelectedReadingsandCommentariesGodsPlentyReligiousDiversityinKingstonMichaelD.BehielsMatthewHaydayWilliamClossonJames