{"product_id":"borderland-religion","title":"Borderland Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince colonization, Canadians and Americans have viewed religious matters differently. While this is not surprising given contemporary Canadians' reluctance to embrace U.S.-style social conservativism, the roots of the phenomenon are seldom examined. J.I. Little seeks to correct this oversight with \u003ci\u003eBorderland Religion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the settlement period of the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Little addresses the role played by religion in forging a distinctive national identity for English-Canadians. While radical evangelical churches and sects developed in the hill country of New England, they failed to gain a strong foothold in the neighbouring Eastern Townships despite the majority of the population there being of American origin. Rather, the British-based Church of England and Wesleyan Methodist Society became much the largest denominations in this border region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorderland Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is effectively a borderlands study in reverse. Rather than examining the dynamics of contact between two distinct cultures in a common geographical space, or middle ground, it explores how a common culture became differentiated on either side of an international boundary line. In the process, it also illuminates the woefully neglected history of Protestantism in Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"John Little","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575459086518,"sku":"9780802086716","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802086716.jpg?v=1727458960","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/borderland-religion","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}