{"product_id":"9781442654785","title":"Church and Sect in Canada: Third Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe need for a third printing of \u003cem\u003eChurch and Sect in Canada   \u003c\/em\u003ereflects the continuing interest in this pioneer study of the development of   religious organization in Canadian society. It is one of three studies by Professor   Clark; the other two, \u003cem\u003eThe Social Development of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMovements of   Political Protest in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e show how the opening up of new areas of development   in Canadian society led to the growth of new forms of social organization   challenging the position and authority of established forms. In the field of   religious organization, it was the evangelical religious sect which mounted the   opposition to the established church denominations. By examining religious   developments in Canada from 1760 to 1914 Professor Clark demonstrates how every move   on the part of established church groups to secure, by union and other means, a   greater degree of order in religious organization was accompanied by the rise of new   forms of religious organization in those areas of society undergoing rapid   change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn face of developments in our society today this study gains   particular significance. The strong influence of the functionalist school in   sociology in the United States and Canada in the 1950s and early 1960s fitted the   mood of a society caught up in economic prosperity and ready to accept the   comfortable assumption that the troublous upheavals in economic, political,   religious, and other forms of social organization experienced in earlier decades   would never recur. As a historical sociologist, Professor Clark gives emphasis to   the importance of viewing developments in historical perspective. His examination of   the basis of protest in religious organization in Canadian society over a period of   nearly two centuries helps us understand the basis of protest, whatever form it   takes, in society today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128168038640,"sku":"9781442654785","price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442654785_p0.jpg?v=1763811825","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442654785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}