The Regenerators, 2nd Edition: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada - Softcover

Cook, Ramsay

 
9781442629196: The Regenerators, 2nd Edition: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1442629193 ISBN 13: 9781442629196
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2016

Synopsis

A crisis of faith confronted many Canadian Protestants in the late nineteenth century. With their religious beliefs challenged by the new biological sciences and historical criticism of the Bible, they turned from personal salvation to the dire social problems of the industrial age. The Regenerators explores the nature of social criticism in this era and its complex ties to the religious thinking of the day, showing how the path blazed by nineteenth-century religious liberals led not to the Kingdom of God on earth, but, ironically, to the secular city.

The winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction when it was first published in 1985, The Regenerators became an instant classic for its fascinating portraits of evolutionists, rationalists, spiritualists, socialists, and free thinkers before the turn of the century. This new edition features an introduction by historian and biographer Donald Wright.

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About the Authors

Ramsay Cook is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at York University and the former general editor of The Dictionary of Canadian Biography.



Donald Wright is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick.

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1442629193
ISBN 13 
9781442629196
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
344