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On 11 October 1899, Britain was officially at war in South Africa against the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State. While the war was thousands of kilometres away, and Canada's contribution of over 7,000 troops to the imperial cause was relatively small, the war is considered to be one of the critical events in the nation-building process of the young dominion. Gordon Heath's "A War with a Silver Lining" is a ground-breaking analysis of why the Canadian Protestant churches enthusiastically supported the war effort. Extensive archival research allows Heath to show how the churches' concern for international justice, the development of the nascent nation Canada, the unifying and strengthening of the empire, and the spreading of missions led to passionate and widespread support for the war effort. Providing a valuable link between Victorian and twentieth-century Protestantism, war, and the British Empire, "A War with a Silver Lining" is a revealing account of the significant role that churches played in nineteenth-century Canadian public life. ... Read more

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The Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches has been published continuously since 1916 and contains information about denominations, churches, clergy, seminaries, and other religious organizations in the United States and Canada. The Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches is the single best, most complete and accurate compilation of essential information about religious organizations in North America.

The Yearbook features:

• statistics of church membership and finances
• descriptions of denominations
• listings of denominations by families
• names, postal and e-mail addresses of church leaders, denominational headquarters, and regional offices, national and regional ecumenical organizations
• listings of theological schools and Bible colleges
• statistics of seminary enrollment
• listings of religious periodicals
• calendar of religious holidays and festivals
• listings of sources of religion-related research
• listings of church archives
• extensive indexes (including an index of names)

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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The Church to me means all who, consciously or unconsciously, are forwarding God's kingdom on earth. In the broad definition of the Master it means "all those who are not against us." The way in which men associate for worship, or in which they consider it most remunerative to invest their efforts to forward the kingdom, gives them no right to arrogate to themselves the title of God's Church. Any body of men saying, "We are the Church," seems to me ridiculous.
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Customer Reviews (2)

handbook review
Purchased as a reference for a class I am taking.Haven't used it alot to this point.

from Abingdon Press
This book is the best compilation available of information about North American religious organizations. It provides a wealth of information that is easy to access on North American churches. An annual compilation published with the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States that offers the most complete and accurate information about denominations, churches, clergy, seminaries, and other religious organizations in the United States and Canada. It has current membership and financial statistics, descriptions of denominations, contact information for denominational offices, historical data, a directory of theological schools and ecumenical agencies, a calendar of religious holidays and festivals, and a listing of religious periodicals. The book's major focus is on statistical information, names and addresses, and brief descriptive paragraphs on various organizations. It continues to provide the added feature of an impressive online component with a database that has full-text search capability containing additional search queries that will be updated periodically throughout the year ... Read more