Truth and Relevance
Catholic Theology in French Quebec since the Quiet Revolution
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2014
- Category
- Catholic, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773590281
- Publish Date
- Apr 2014
- List Price
- $34.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773543263
- Publish Date
- Feb 2015
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773543256
- Publish Date
- Mar 2014
- List Price
- $110.00
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After the Quiet Revolution, the Catholic church lost its stronghold in Quebec. Despite this decline, or perhaps because of it, contemporary Catholic thought in Quebec exhibits a bold creativity. In Truth and Relevance, Gregory Baum introduces, contextualizes, and interprets Catholic theological writing in Quebec since the 1960s, and presents this body of work for an anglophone readership. Baum shows how Catholic theologians, inspired by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), uncovered the social meaning in the Christian message, allowing them to address many problems and concerns of contemporary society. With reliance on the Gospel, they supported Quebec's new self-understanding, embraced its nationalism under certain conditions, fostered social solidarity, criticized the unregulated market system, demanded gender equality, and called for respect of new religious and cultural pluralism. Leaving behind the Catholicism of Quebec's past, these theologians embraced the humanistic values of modern society, recognizing their affinity with the Gospel, while at the same time revealing the destructive potential of modernity, its individualism, utilitarianism, relativism, and its link to empire and capitalism. Weaving together theological and sociological reflections, Truth and Relevance is a fascinating account of modernity, secularism, and the evolution of the Catholic church in Quebec.
About the author
GREGORY BAUM served as an expert for the Vatican Council II from 1960 to 1965. For 28 years, he taught theology at St. Michael's College in Toronto and, from 1986 on, was a professor of religious studies at McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of many books and articles on ecumenism, the theology of the Christian life, Catholic social teaching and the sociology of religion. Baum was the founding editor of The Ecumenist: A Journal of Theology, Culture and Society.
Editorial Reviews
"…this work is a rich piece of theological and historical investigation that will serve a wide audience." MJTM
“This is a pathbreaking and fascinating study. Baum weaves together theological and sociological reflections – on ‘modernity,’ ‘securalism,’ the rapid decline of the Catholic Church in Canada – which immensely enriches the story.” Lee Cormie, Theology Department, University of St. Michael’s College
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