While we know a great deal about the role religion played in institutions in Victorian Canada, its place in home and family life has remained relatively unexplored. Drawing on a treasure trove of family papers and material culture, Marguerite Van Die depicts religion as lived experience in a portrait of a Protestant middle-class family in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. The Colbys were members of Canada’s emerging economic elite, active in the local community, public life, and politics. Their lives offer rich insights into the construction and practice of domestic religion and the moral and social legislation of early post-Confederation Canada.

Religion, Family, and Community in Victorian Canada: The Colbys of Carrollcroft (Volume 39) (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Re) PDF

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