Keith Fleming

The World Is Our Parish

John King Gordon, 1900-1989: An Intellectual Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

“The World Is Our Parish” uses John King Gordon’s professional and intellectual journey to reveal the confluence of liberal Christianity, social democracy, and internationalism in Canadian politics and thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781442615809
• ISBN-10: 144261580X
• Artikelnr.: 40904488

Autorenporträt

By Keith R. Fleming

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: “Universe of the spirit”
Chapter One: “Breaking out of a comfortable cocoon” (1900-1924)
Chapter Two: “I play spectator in an Aristotelian sense” (1924-1931)
Chapter Three: “A fiery apostle of social justice” (1931-1934)
Chapter Four: “Politics is the only road to heaven now” (1935-1938)
Chapter Five: “A bifocal view towards American affairs” (1938-1949)
Chapter Six: “A ringside view of contemporary history in the making”
(1950-1961)
Chapter Seven: “To get on in the world you accept the beliefs and values of
the establishment” (1962-1989)
Conclusion: “An observer, not an actor”
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