Tradition and Tension

A pivotal period of reckoning and change for a major Canadian church.

Tradition and Tension is the history of a period that marked a dramatic change in the Presbyterian Church’s fortunes – from confident expansion in the immediate postwar period to a relatively sudden contraction in the early 1960s, followed by waning membership and influence into the 1980s.

Stuart Macdonald teaches the history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at Knox College.

Stuart Macdonald teaches the history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at Knox College.

“Macdonald provides an innovative and multifaceted rendering of Presbyterianism that integrates the perspectives of both ordinary members and denominational luminaries.” Denis McKim, Douglas College and the author of Boundless Dominion: Providence, Politics, and the Early Canadian Presbyterian Worldview