New Religious Studies in Quebec Since 1944 : A Literature Review

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New Religious Studies in Quebec Since 1944 : A Literature Review
Abstract
The authors points out that "the history of the “scientific study” of new religious movements in Quebec since the 1940s reveals two fascinating phenomena. First, the approach to studying these small, unconventional upstart faiths in Quebec has been, initially and persistently, “Catholic-driven”. It took several decades before the social-scientific approach became the standard. Secondly, the studies of new religions tended to fall neatly into two segregated linguistic academic communities—what novelist Hugh MacLennan dubbed the “two solitudes”—with Francophone and Anglophone scholars relentlessly ignoring each other’s work until the mid-1980s."
Book Title
The Mystical Geography of Quebec : Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements
Series
[Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities]
Place
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Date
2020
Pages
23-52
Language
en
ISBN
978-3-030-33061-3
Citation
Geoffroy, Martin, Dominic Dagenais, and Susan J. Palmer. “New Religious Studies in Quebec Since 1944 : A Literature Review.” In The Mystical Geography of Quebec : Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements, edited by Susan J. Palmer, Martin Geoffroy, and Paul L. Gareau, 23–52. [Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities]. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
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