William Closson James
Biographic Data
| ID | 3942398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Closson James |
| GIVEN NAMES | William Closson |
| FAMILY NAME | James |
| SIGNATURE | JAMES W C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
God’s Plenty
Religious life in Canada has changed dramatically in recent decades due to secularization and the population shifts resulting from urbanization and immigration. New varieties of pluralism have emerged, entailing massive changes in a culture once assumed to be almost uniformly Christian. God's Plenty examines the religious landscape of Kingston, Ontario, in the twenty-first century. The rich religious life of Kingston - a mid-sized city with a str…
Religion-and-literature studies in Canada
Through an examination of course offerings at Canadian universities the study of religion and literature (RL) of a generation ago is compared with that today. Many of the RL courses taught in 1972 were organized around theological themes and existential motifs taken as characteristic of the contemporary world and students' own search for meaning. Today's RL courses, while fewer in number and perhaps less prominent within religious studies curricu…
Sacred Places, Sacred Spaces
Dimorphs and cobblers
Two specific examples considered in the author's Locations of the Sacred- Japanese Canadians and an Inuit crisis cult-raise the possibility of drawing selectively on two or more religious traditions. More generally, in Japan and among other Canadian Native peoples situational needs sometimes determine which religion is followed. Rather than syncretism (that is, the combination of two religions), the term religious dimorphism better describes this…
The Vulture and the Bull
Nature and the sacred in Canada
Les attitudes des canadiens a propos de la nature derivent de sources qui n'ont que peu a voir avec la theologie biblique ou le theisme chretien. Dans leur conception, la nature est le lieu du pouvoir supernaturel ou des esprits. Pour eux, la totalite du cosmos est occupee par des personnes humaines ou autres, mais toutes pourvues d'esprit. Ces esprits se trouvent parmi les animaux, les personnes et a l'interieur de ce que nous appelons la nature…
Dancing on the Shore
Burning Cadillacs
Forever Summer, Forever Sunday
Six Modern Authors and Problems of Belief. Patrick Grant
Three responses to Faith and Belief
Moral Vision in the Canadian Novel D. J. Dooley Toronto
The canoe trip as religious quest
Process of Speech
Bright Shadow of Reality
Some Versions of the Fall
Arts, Literature, and Religion
Journal Article ARTS, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION Get access Bright Essence Studies in Milton's Theology. By W. B HUNTER, C A. PATRIDES, and J. H. ADAMSONSalt Lake City University of Utah Press, 1971. ix+181 pages. $7.95. L.C. No 74-161485. WILLIAM C. JAMES WILLIAM C. JAMES University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLI, Issue 4, December 1973, Pa…
God in the Dock
Religion-and-literature studies in Canada
Through an examination of course offerings at Canadian universities the study of religion and literature (RL) of a generation ago is compared with that today. Many of the RL courses taught in 1972 were organized around theological themes and existential motifs taken as characteristic of the contemporary world and students' own search for meaning. Today's RL courses, while fewer in number and perhaps less prominent within religious studies curricu…
Dimorphs and cobblers
Two specific examples considered in the author's Locations of the Sacred- Japanese Canadians and an Inuit crisis cult-raise the possibility of drawing selectively on two or more religious traditions. More generally, in Japan and among other Canadian Native peoples situational needs sometimes determine which religion is followed. Rather than syncretism (that is, the combination of two religions), the term religious dimorphism better describes this…
God in the Dock
Arts, Literature, and Religion
Journal Article ARTS, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION Get access Bright Essence Studies in Milton's Theology. By W. B HUNTER, C A. PATRIDES, and J. H. ADAMSONSalt Lake City University of Utah Press, 1971. ix+181 pages. $7.95. L.C. No 74-161485. WILLIAM C. JAMES WILLIAM C. JAMES University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLI, Issue 4, December 1973, Pa…
Some Versions of the Fall
Bright Shadow of Reality
Process of Speech
Three responses to Faith and Belief
Moral Vision in the Canadian Novel D. J. Dooley Toronto
The canoe trip as religious quest
Forever Summer, Forever Sunday
Six Modern Authors and Problems of Belief. Patrick Grant
Burning Cadillacs
Dancing on the Shore
Nature and the sacred in Canada
Les attitudes des canadiens a propos de la nature derivent de sources qui n'ont que peu a voir avec la theologie biblique ou le theisme chretien. Dans leur conception, la nature est le lieu du pouvoir supernaturel ou des esprits. Pour eux, la totalite du cosmos est occupee par des personnes humaines ou autres, mais toutes pourvues d'esprit. Ces esprits se trouvent parmi les animaux, les personnes et a l'interieur de ce que nous appelons la nature…
Sacred Places, Sacred Spaces
Dimorphs and cobblers
Two specific examples considered in the author's Locations of the Sacred- Japanese Canadians and an Inuit crisis cult-raise the possibility of drawing selectively on two or more religious traditions. More generally, in Japan and among other Canadian Native peoples situational needs sometimes determine which religion is followed. Rather than syncretism (that is, the combination of two religions), the term religious dimorphism better describes this…
The Vulture and the Bull
Religion-and-literature studies in Canada
Through an examination of course offerings at Canadian universities the study of religion and literature (RL) of a generation ago is compared with that today. Many of the RL courses taught in 1972 were organized around theological themes and existential motifs taken as characteristic of the contemporary world and students' own search for meaning. Today's RL courses, while fewer in number and perhaps less prominent within religious studies curricu…
God’s Plenty
Religious life in Canada has changed dramatically in recent decades due to secularization and the population shifts resulting from urbanization and immigration. New varieties of pluralism have emerged, entailing massive changes in a culture once assumed to be almost uniformly Christian. God's Plenty examines the religious landscape of Kingston, Ontario, in the twenty-first century. The rich religious life of Kingston - a mid-sized city with a str…
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