RELS 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Christian Right, Political Positions Of Donald Trump, The Roots
14 Jan 2018
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Religion as more than a belief system ; it also involves a set of practices, symbols and norms. What kinds of christian are we used to: christians make up 67. 3% of the population, roman catholic (39%, other (28. 3%) The quiet revolution in quebec (catholicism losing its in uence in the 1960"s) Evangelicalism: the canadian bible belt (alberta, southern manitoba, the fraser. The united church of canada as a more liberal church progressive on social issues such as same-sex marriage and the ordination of women. American in uences: evangelicalism as moralistic therapeutic deism . White evangelical support for trump and trumpism as revealing the racial dynamics of the american church. Globally, there are over 2 billion christians; this already entails a huge cultural and historical diversity. In order to frame the history of christianity, through, we need to rst set aside our modern understanding of what christian means.
