A World Mission: Canadian Protestantism and the Quest for a New International Order, 1918-1939

David M. Kelly is a teaching assistant at Brock University in St.
Catharines.

From 1918 to 1939, the main-line Protestant churches in Canada were
faced with challenges from every direction. Their reaction to these
challenges—which included communism, fascism, and the increasingly
imminent threat of unprecedented warfare—is faithfully and thoroughly
recorded in A World Mission.

Wright, a historian at Trent University, has gathered enormous amounts
of vital information from reliable first-hand sources. Though the text
is occasionally somewhat dry, it remains highly readable and extremely
well constructed. But its strength as a research resource is
indisputable; Wright deserves full marks for his monumental (some might
say “Herculean”) labors. Church historians, particularly those whose
field is the twentieth century, will welcome A World Mission with
sincere appreciation.

For the casual reader of religions literature, A World Mission may
prove a trifle heavy. But for the serious scholar from the seminary
level upward, this book is going to be a godsend!