Marshall, David B.MacGrath, Thomas2017-04-262017-04-2620172017MacGrath, T. (2017). Sacrifice, Fate, and a Working-Class Heaven: Popular Belief in the Crowsnest Pass (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27701http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3724This thesis examines the relationship between religion and the working class in the coalmining communities of the Crowsnest Pass by studying attitudes towards death, dying, and the afterlife. While many people in the Crowsnest Pass rejected institutional religion in the early twentieth century, many members of the working-class articulated their own versions of religious and spiritual belief. Popular beliefs that are rooted in Christian thought were an important part of the lives of the Crowsnest Pass working class during the first half of the twentieth century as they dealt with high rates of death in their communities.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Economics--HistoryAlbertaCrowsnest PassCoalminingChristianityWorking ClassDisastersdeathAfterlifePopular CultureBritish Columbiamaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/27701