Institutions and Rapid Religious Reversals: Understanding the Secularization of Canada

• In Event: EITM in Historical Political Economy

Brief Overview

Quebec’s rapid secularization after the 1950s explains why Europe secularized faster than the US. Its tight church–state interdependence created a feedback loop that, once disrupted, quickly shifted society from deeply religious to strongly secular.

Author

• Benjamin Tremblay-Auger, Chapman University