Flock Is Returning to Church: Question Is How to Keep Them There [Restless Churches: How Canada's Churches Can Contribute to the Emerging Religious Renaissance]

De Santis, Solange, Anglican Journal

Question is how to keep them there

CANADIANS ARE coming back to church, but a lot of churches cannot figure out how to respond.

This apparent paradox is at the heart of Restless Churches: How Canada's Churches Can Contribute to the Emerging Religious Renaissance by Reginald Bibby, a sociology professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta who has been tracking religious and social trends in Canada since 1975.

"It is time for us to open our minds to the possibility that something very unexpected is occurring in Canada: organized religion is making a comeback. What's more, we may be seeing only the tip of the proverbial iceberg," Mr. Bibby"s book …

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Publication information: Article title: Flock Is Returning to Church: Question Is How to Keep Them There [Restless Churches: How Canada's Churches Can Contribute to the Emerging Religious Renaissance]. Contributors: De Santis, Solange - Author. Magazine title: Anglican Journal. Volume: 131. Issue: 1 Publication date: January 2005. Page number: 1. © Anglican Church of Canada Feb 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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