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Baptist Fundamentalists and the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Early Twentieth Century

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By Taylor Murray

Canadians love hockey.1 It is practically part of our national image, right up there with maple syrup and the beaver. One of the most popular (and, perhaps, equally reviled) hockey teams in the country is the Toronto Maple Leafs, which dates its history back to 1917.2 Continue reading →

Archeion and Canadian Baptist History

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By Jazmine Aldrich

The rich history of the Baptist community in Canada is told through the documentary traces that community members have left over time; these archival sources are dispersed across archives, historical societies, libraries, museums and all manner of repositories across the country. Continue reading →

Canadian Baptists and the Fall(ing) of the British Empire: ACBAS’s 2022 Rawlyk Lecture (Recording)

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In case you missed the event live: The following is a recording of the Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies‘ 2022 Rawlyk Lecture by Dr. Gordon L. Heath, held on 20 September 2022. Continue reading →

Baptist Fundamentalism in Canada: Possibilities for Future Study

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By Taylor Murray

With the publication of Canadian Baptist Fundamentalism, 1878–1978 (the fourth volume in the CBHS Series), I thought it would be worth reflecting on the field and offering a few suggestions on possible future directions for the historiography of Baptist fundamentalism in Canada.1 Continue reading →

Stewart G. Cole, T. T. Shields, and the History of Fundamentalism

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By Taylor Murray

Historians have debated definitions of the term “fundamentalism” practically since it was popularized in the early 1920s. Continue reading →