Protestant Home Missionaries in Saskatchewan and the Concept of Applied Christianity, 1918-1930
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1988-09
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Masters
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The purpose of this study is to examine Protestant home
mission work in Saskatchewan throughout the 1920's, in
particular the treatment of Continental European immigrants.
The thesis deals with Methodist, Presbyterian, and, after
1925, united Church home missions, and focuses on three
areas: medical treatment, education, and socialization of
the immigrants. It examines the goals, methods, and
successes or failures of home missionaries as one of the
main agents of Canadianization during the early part of the
twentieth century, while, at the same time, using local
institutions as examples.
Saskatchewan became a focal point for missionary
activity in Western Canada because of the great numbers of
foreign-born immigrants entering the province. Throughout
the course of home mission work, evangelism, although always
present, was relegated to a secondary position.
Canadianization of the immigrants took precedence, and was
taught in the medical missions, Presbyterian school-homes,
social settlements, settlement houses, school fairs, summer
schools, and vacation schools throughout Saskatchewan. It
was a prime example of what Protestant home missionaries
believed to be "applied Christianity."
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Master of Arts (M.A.)
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History
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History