The United Church of Canada: A History

Contents

v CHAPTER ONE Contents ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction xx List of Abbreviations xxii Genealogical Chart of Church Union in Canada Part One Chronology 3 Chapter One Unity among Many: The Formation of The United Church of Canada, 1899–1930 C.T. McIntire 39 Chapter Two The 1930s Eleanor J. Stebner 57 Chapter Three The United Church and the Second World War Ian McKay Manson 77 Chapter Four A Golden Age: The United Church of Canada, 1946–1960 John H. Young vi C O N T E N T S 97 Chapter Five “And Whether Pigs Have Wings”: The United Church in the 1960s Sandra Beardsall 119 Chapter Six The 1970s: Voices from the Margins Joan Wyatt 139 Chapter Seven 1980s: What Does It Mean to Be The United Church of Canada? Emergent Voices, Self-Critique, and Dissent Tracy J. Trothen 161 Chapter Eight 1990–2003: The Church into the New Millennium Ross Bartlett Part Two Thematic Issues 185 Chapter Nine Worship on the Way: The Dialectic of United Church Worship William S. Kervin 203 Chapter Ten A Look at Ministry: Diversity and Ambiguity Charlotte Caron 221 Chapter Eleven United Church Mission Goals and First Nations Peoples Alf Dumont and Roger Hutchinson 239 Chapter Twelve Jews and Palestinians: An Unresolved Conflict in the United Church Mind Alan Davies 259 Chapter Thirteen Awash in Theology: Issues in Theology in The United Church of Canada Michael Bourgeois 279 Chapter Fourteen The Changing Social Imaginary of The United Church of Canada Don Schweitzer 299 List of Contributors 301 Index C O N T E N T S vii ...