Empire from the margins : religious minorities in Canada and the South African War / edited by Gordon L. Heath.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Empire from the margins : an introduction / Gordon L. Heath -- Writing religious minorities into Canada's South African War, 1899-1902 / Carman Miller -- Canada's non-Francophone Catholics and the South African War, 1899-1902 / Mark G. McGowan -- This South African war does not affect all citizens in the [same] manner : French Protestants in Quebec during the South African War / Gordon L. Heath, Sid D. Sudiacal -- Canada's Salvation Army and war : the War cry, soul saving, and the South African War / Eric Crouse -- A daughter in her mother's house : Congregationalists responses to the South African War, 1899-1902 / James Tyler Robertson -- Canadian Quakers and the South African War / Robynne Rogers Healey -- Canada's First Nations in the Anglo-Boer War / Evan J. Habkirk -- The Boers standing in the way of progress in Africa must be swept aside : patriotism and imperialism in the Canadian Jewish Times during the South African War / Gordon L. Heath.

"At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were a number of smaller religious bodies that sought to develop religious and national identity on the margins--something especially difficult when the nation was at war in South Africa. This book examines rich and varied extant sources that provide helpful windows into the wartime experience of Canada's religious minorities. Those groups on the margins experienced internal struggles and external pressures related to issues of loyalty and identity. How each faith tradition addressed those challenges was shaped by their own dominant personalities, ethnic identity, history, tradition, and theological convictions. Responses were fluid, divided, and rarely unanimous. Those seeking to address such issues not only had to deal with internal expectations and tensions, but also construct a public response that would satisfy often hostile and vocal external critics. Some positions evolved over time, leading to new identities, loyalties, and trajectories. In all cases, being on the margins meant dealing with two dominant national and imperial narratives--English or French--both bolstered respectively by powerful Anglo-Saxon Protestantism or French Quebec Catholicism. The chapters in this book examine how those on the margins sought to do just that."-- Provided by publisher

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