Description: Paul Beecher Blanshard (August 27, 1892? January 27, 1980) was a controversial American author, assistant editor of The Nation magazine, lawyer, socialist, secular humanist, and from 1949 an outspoken critic of Catholicism. American author, lawyer, socialist, secular humanist and an outspoken critic of Catholicism. Blanshard joined the Socialist Party when he was 14 and sometimes was dispatched to local strikes as a clerical agitator. Under these casual arrangements he met both Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Blanshard described his early preaching experience as relying more upon Bernard Shaw than the Bible. In 1934 he was appointed head of the New York City Department of Investigations and Accounts in 1934.Blanshard's exposures of graft and corruption attracted national attention. In 1949 he wrote Catholic Power and American Freedom in which he claimed that catholics vote on basis of church doctrine.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts
Publisher: The Beacon
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
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Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1951
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Language: English
Author: Paul Blanshard
Region: North America
Topic: Catholicism
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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