Covenanters in Canada: Reformed Presbyterianism from 1820 to 2012 9780773587823

A sensitive and nuanced narrative of a dissenting religious minority in a pluralistic society.

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Covenanters in Canada: Reformed Presbyterianism from 1820 to 2012
 9780773587823

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations, Maps, and Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 Scots, Irish, and American Roots in Canadian Covenanter Communities
2 Clarke and Sommerville: Can the Centre Hold?
3 Sommerville at Horton and Cornwallis
4 Alexander McLeod Stavely and Saint John
5 James Reid Lawson and Barnesville
6 Robert Miller Stewart and Wilmot
7 Robert Sommerville: Fitful Follower of a Powerful Father
8 Thomas McFall and Robert Park
9 Lower Canada Covenanters and the Scots Synod
10 Upper Canada Covenanters and the Scots Synod
11 Transfer, Transition, and Challenge in Upper Canada
12 Picking up the Pieces: Covenanters in Nineteenth- Century Ontario
13 Covenanters in Alberta
14 Covenanters in Saskatchewan
15 Covenanters in Manitoba
16 Covenanters in Twentieth-Century Ontario
17 Canadian Covenanters into the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
V
W
Appendices
Appendix A: Littleton Covenanters
Appendix B: Canadian Covenanter Soldiers in War
Appendix C: Covenanter Mission Stations and Congregations in Canada
Appendix D: Ottawa Theological Hall Professors (1982–2009)

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