Catholics and Canadian Socialism
Political Thought in the Thirties and Forties
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1980
- Category
- General, History & Theory
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888622945
- Publish Date
- Jan 1980
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552771327
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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This work is an impressive study of the attitudes of the Catholic church in Canada towards the challenge of socialism and progressive social change.
Catholics and Canadian Socialism draws on previously inaccessible material to review the hostile response of the Catholic hierarchy to leftist politics. The author also examines three specific instances - CCF activism in Saskatchewan, the Action liberale nationale in Quebec and the Antigonish Movement - where progressive attitudes were advanced in spite of the church's official attitude.
About the author
GREGORY BAUM served as an expert for the Vatican Council II from 1960 to 1965. For 28 years, he taught theology at St. Michael's College in Toronto and, from 1986 on, was a professor of religious studies at McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of many books and articles on ecumenism, the theology of the Christian life, Catholic social teaching and the sociology of religion. Baum was the founding editor of The Ecumenist: A Journal of Theology, Culture and Society.