{"product_id":"religion-and-canadian-party-politics-2","title":"Religion and Canadian Party Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eReligion is usually thought of as inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics.\u003cem\u003e Religion and Canadian Party Politics\u003c\/em\u003e takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial political arenas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on case studies from across the country, this book explores three important axes of religiously based contention in Canada. Early on, there were the denominational distinctions between Catholics and Protestants that shaped party oppositions. Since the 1960s, a newly politicized divide opened between religious conservatives and political reformers. Then from the 1990s on, sporadic controversy has centred on the recognition of non-Christian religious minority rights. Although the extent of partisan engagement with each of these sources of conflict has varied across time and region, this book shows that religion still matters in shaping party politics .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis detailed look at the play of religiously based conflict and accommodation in Canada fills a large gap and pulls us back from overly simplified comparisons with the United States. More broadly, this book also compares the role of faith in politics in Canada to that of other Western industrialized societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Rayside, Jerald Sabin, and Paul Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572640252086,"sku":"9780774835619","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774835619_c2266fe7-54cd-4480-83eb-0c7e2b91ce8c.jpg?v=1727875540","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/religion-and-canadian-party-politics-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}