| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 108.3

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Book Review

Canada and the United States

William H. Katerberg. Modernity and the Dilemma of North American Anglican Identities, 1880–1950. (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion.) Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. 2001. Pp. xii, 306. $49.95.

The dustjacket of William H. Katerberg's provocative book captures the essence of its central argument. The steeple of a Gothic-style church is reflected in the glass windows of a skyscraper. In the reflection, the church appears to be as tall as the modern tower. It is a powerful and imposing presence. Katerberg's thesis is that the Anglican Church in North America still resonates in modern society. He argues that the Anglican Church experienced a myriad of changes in response to the challenges of modernity between 1880 and 1950 but remained a vibrant religious institution with a compelling Christian message. Since the 1960s, the Anglican Church has experienced much more serious pressure, but these recent difficulties, according to the author, should not be projected back into the history of the Anglican Church in North America. 1

In Katerberg's estimation, challenges brought by Darwinian thought, the rise of critical inquiry, industrialization, urbanization, and the rise of consumerism and leisure in modern society splintered the Anglican community into a number of differing traditions or religious outlooks. This fragmentation and uncertainty about what the Anglican faith entailed did not represent decline. Modernity did not necessarily undermine faith or unleash a process of secularization. . . .

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