{"id":404,"date":"2006-12-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2006\/12\/31\/on-the-state-of-religion-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2006-12-31T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-31T16:00:00","slug":"on-the-state-of-religion-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2006\/12\/31\/on-the-state-of-religion-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"on the state of religion in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of our national newspapers in Canada did an interesting series of articles about religion in the True North over the Christmas week. Our American friends might find them interesting to get a sense of what religion is all about here. Contrary to some expectations, there really is a vaste difference between the mostly secular attitudes we have in Canada and the general condition in the USA, although I recognize that the Church in the US is under pressure from secularism and other forces as well.<\/p>\n
Anyway, here are the articles:<\/p>\n
\nEmpowered by prayer<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n
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With interest in spirituality on the rise and church attendance in a freefall, the National Post concludes…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Savvy marketers target ‘Faith and Family’<\/span><\/a>
Way of the Cross video<\/span><\/a>
Zealotry of South shaping the world<\/span><\/a>
‘Renovated’ Catholicism attracts few tenants<\/span><\/a>
Saving souls in Quebec<\/span><\/a>
Canada’s devotion gap<\/span><\/a>
Fulford: Atheism’s army of the smug<\/span><\/a>
Forum: Future of Christianity in Canada<\/span><\/a>
Channel’s growth verges on biblical<\/span><\/a>
Church of tough love<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n