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    The Study of Religion in British Columbia: A State-of-the-Art Review
    The Study of Religion in British Columbia: A State-of-the-Art Review
    The Study of Religion in British Columbia: A State-of-the-Art Review
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    The Study of Religion in British Columbia: A State-of-the-Art Review

    By Brian J. Fraser

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    The Study of Religion in British Columbia is a story of enterprise, innovation and isolation. In this unique survey Brian J. Fraser examines the history and development of the institutions of higher education where religion is taught and describes the methods used to understand the religious dimension of human endeavour in Canada’s westernmost province.

    Fraser analyzes the sources, development and persistence of two distinct approaches to the study of religion in British Columbia: theological studies and religious studies. He traces the early strength and recent expansion of theological studies, especially among conservative evangelical Christians, and sets the creation of British Columbia’s only department of religious studies at the University of British Columbia in this context. He also describes the innovative curricula designed by several of the institutions for the study of religion in the province. Finally, he contends that the differing views on the nature of religion held by these institutions and their constituencies have led to a continuing isolation from each other.

    The Study of Religion in British Columbia is the latest volume in the Canadian Corporation for the Study of Religion’s series on the study of religion in Canada. Readers interested in the rich diversity of personalities and perspectives that have shaped religious studies in British Columbia will find here a concise description of its evolution and a thought-provoking examination of its significance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilfrid Laurier University Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2006
    ISBN9780889207998
    The Study of Religion in British Columbia: A State-of-the-Art Review
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    Brian J. Fraser

    Brian J. Fraser is a professor of Church History at the Vancouver School of Theology.

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      This book examines the history of religious education in BC. Fraser reviews the history and then primarily looks at the origin and current status of UBC's department of religion and Vancouver School of Theology (VST), Regent College, and Trinity Western University (TWU). It was published in 1995 and I really wish there was a second edition bringing us up to the present.

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