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A short time spent in the Kivalliq (formerly Keewatin) region of Nunavut is all one needs to realize that Christianity is important to many people's lives. The presence of Roman Catholicism is very much in evidence in the small community of Chesterfield Inlet. The town's old mission house and its church, featuring a statue of Jesus, his welcoming arms outstretched, are prominent fixtures on a main road. Several town residents regularly attend church services during the week. Nearby, another eye-catching structure is the abandoned three-storey building that was Ste. Thérèse's Hospital. The walls and shelves of many people's homes are adorned with images, figurines, and crucifixes of Jesus as well as prayer cards, relics, votives, and other Catholic memorabilia. These exist next to old black and white photographs of Inuit families taken by missionaries or nuns, often with the church or hospital in the background.Building on their previous and extensive work on the introduction and metamorphosis of Christianity in the eastern Arctic, Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten's book Inuit, Oblate Missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865Keewatin, -1965 aims to-and succeeds at-providing a comprehensive history of how Catholicism became such an intricate part of people's lives in Chesterfield Inlet, and more broadly, how Christianity, including Anglicanism and Evangelism, expanded in the Keewatin.The book is divided into four parts focusing on: (1) the beginnings of Christianity in the Keewatin and the competition for souls between denominations; (2) health services provided by Roman Catholics at the hospital in Chesterfield; (3) formal education and the residential school at Chesterfield; and (4) the attempt to recruit Inuit individuals as nuns and priests. Overall, the

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