Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America, 1950-1985
ISBN: 9781501733154
Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / Cornell University Press
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In this insightful study, Allitt, who teaches history at Emory University in Georgia, explores the role of Catholic intellectual thought in the development of the political conservatism dominant in American politics during the 1980s. He examines the contributions of such Catholic lay intellectuals as Clare Booth Luce, William F. Buckley, Jr. and Michael Novak, noting that the positions of many were shaped and modified by changes in the Church following the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). While tracing ideological shifts among proponents of conservatism, Allitt describes a parallel fragmentation among all Catholics over such issues as civil rights, family roles and church authority. In documenting a complex range of intellectual views on such sensitive topics as birth control, Allitt makes an important contribution to the annals of American pluralism. Photos. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Patrick Allitt is Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University. He is the author of Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America, 1950-1985 and Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome , both from Cornell University Press.


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