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American Freedom and Catholic Power is an anti-Catholic The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders By Damon Linker. WW Norton p.70 book by American writer Paul Blanshard, published in 1949 by Beacon Press. Blanshard asserted Read More..

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Description	American Freedom and Catholic Power is an anti-Catholic The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders By Damon Linker. WW Norton p.70 book by American writer Paul Blanshard, published in 1949 by Beacon Press. Blanshard asserted that America had a "Catholic problem" in that the Church was an "undemocratic system of alien control". The book has been described as bigoted and "vicious", Journal of church and state, Volume 1 Baylor University. J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State, p. 150 propagandaManning, Martin J. and Herbert Romerstein, Historical dictionary of American propaganda, p. 49, Greenwood Publishing 2004 and as "the most unusual bestseller of 1949-1950". Catholicism and American freedom: a history By John T. McGreevy. WW Norton p. 166 It was based on a series of articles that he had published in the magazine The Nation.Blanshard's autobiography indicates that his precipitating concern in 1946, which propelled him to commence research, was the influence of Catholic doctrine upon the practice of medicine generally, and obstetrics specifically. Some reviewers thought that the book incorporated nativist sentiments into its anti-Catholicism, including that the Church was a foreign power in America determined to dominate the world.Lockwood, Robert P., Anti-Catholicism in American Culture, p. 41-43, 2000, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice By Philip Jenkins In the prologue, Blanshard said that he was not opposed to the Catholic religion or to Catholic Americans, but that the church's hierarchy had an undue influence on legislation, education and medical practice.
Description	American Freedom and Catholic Power is an anti-Catholic The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders By Damon Linker. WW Norton p.70 book by American writer Paul Blanshard, published in 1949 by Beacon Press. Blanshard asserted that America had a "Catholic problem" in that the Church was an "undemocratic system of alien control". The book has been described as bigoted and "vicious", Journal of church and state, Volume 1 Baylor University. J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State, p. 150 propagandaManning, Martin J. and Herbert Romerstein, Historical dictionary of American propaganda, p. 49, Greenwood Publishing 2004 and as "the most unusual bestseller of 1949-1950". Catholicism and American freedom: a history By John T. McGreevy. WW Norton p. 166 It was based on a series of articles that he had published in the magazine The Nation.Blanshard's autobiography indicates that his precipitating concern in 1946, which propelled him to commence research, was the influence of Catholic doctrine upon the practice of medicine generally, and obstetrics specifically. Some reviewers thought that the book incorporated nativist sentiments into its anti-Catholicism, including that the Church was a foreign power in America determined to dominate the world.Lockwood, Robert P., Anti-Catholicism in American Culture, p. 41-43, 2000, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice By Philip Jenkins In the prologue, Blanshard said that he was not opposed to the Catholic religion or to Catholic Americans, but that the church's hierarchy had an undue influence on legislation, education and medical practice.

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Authors	Paul Blanshard
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