![]() ![]() ![]() In Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada, eleven scholars explore the complex relationships between religious and ethnic identity within the nine major Christian traditions in Canada. This gap in both our academic literature and our public discourse represents an obstacle to understanding and integrating the large numbers of "ethnic Christians," most of whom either join existing Canadian churches or create ethnically specific congregations. However, until very recently almost no systematic academic attention has been paid to the intersection between the ethnic and religious identities of individuals or communities. ![]() Moreover, Christian communities have become increasingly aware of the impact of ethnic diversity on church life. Over the past decade, scholars and policy makers interested in Canadian multiculturalism have begun to take religion much more seriously. ![]()
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