- Title:
- The life and thought of the reverend Egerton R. Young (1840-1909)
- Creator:
- Middlebro, Tanya
- Date Created:
- 2003
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- methodism modernity christianity first nations
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada Manitoba
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- The Reverend Egerton R. Young (1840-1909) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister born in Ontario who served as a missionary among the Cree and Ojibwa in northern Manitoba from 1868 to 1876. From 1885 until his death in 1909, he lectured and wrote books in different popular genres based on his experiences in Manitoba. He was not an original thinker, nor is he well-remembered. But an examination of his ideas allows us to test the application of a current historiographical debate over whether the late nineteenth- century Methodist adaptation to modernity was an abandonment of essential Christianity. Using methods from literary history and the social history of ideas, this thesis demonstrates that Young adopted some modern ideas without abandoning his consistently traditional Wesleyan theology of experience.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Middlebro, Tanya. 2003. "The life and thought of the reverend Egerton R. Young (1840-1909)", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_166.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.