In cities across Canada, there was a growing demand for professional sporting events on Sundays, challenging older patterns of Sabbath observance. Consumer culture was on the rise, and Canadians seemed more preoccupied with material than with spiritual concerns. The decade and a half following World War II was a time of significant growth for Canada’s Christian churches: church membership levels increased, new churches were built at a rapid rate, and Sunday schools burst at the seams.ĭespite clear indicators of church growth, there were also signs that Christianity was losing its hold on Canadian life during the 1950s. “When one looks back at the 1950s,” writes historian Doug Owram, “religion stands as one of the great gulfs separating that age from the present.” In that era, Christianity occupied a privileged place in Canadian public life, appearing in most public schools across the country, in the speeches of politicians, and even in the official mandate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Tina Block, Department of History, Thompson Rivers University 10.6 Religion And Irreligion In The Postwar World
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