Religion's power: what makes it work
"In 1903, a representative from the Salvation Army's headquarters in London traveled to Canada to explore the possibility of relocating Britain's poor overseas. Over the next three decades, a quarter of a million people were shipped to destinations in Canada, Australia, and Africa. Mo...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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New York, NY, United States of America
Oxford University Press
[2023]
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| Dans: | Année: 2023 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Religion
/ Pouvoir
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions ZB Sociologie ZC Politique en général |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religion
Philosophy
B Power (Theology) B Influence (Psychology) |
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Table des matières Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator) Quatrième de couverture Volltext (doi) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | "In 1903, a representative from the Salvation Army's headquarters in London traveled to Canada to explore the possibility of relocating Britain's poor overseas. Over the next three decades, a quarter of a million people were shipped to destinations in Canada, Australia, and Africa. More than a hundred thousand of those deported were children: abandoned, orphaned, and otherwise separated from their natural parents. Dozens of religious organizations took part in the effort: the Catholic Emigration Association, Church of England Society for Empire Settlement, Church of Scotland, Inter-Church Immigration Committee, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society, Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church, Society of Friends, St. Vincent de Paul, and the United Church of Canada, among others. The practice resumed on a smaller scale after World War II and continued until 1970. The agencies involved described their activities in the language of salvation, moral uplift, and service to God. "Carrying off the children of distress to the lands beyond the sea," one of the organizers wrote, was a service "to religion, humanity and civilization.""-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197652530 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197652534.001.0001 |