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'''Paul Beecher Blanshard''' (August 27, 1892 - January 27, 1980) was a famous anti-[[Catholic]] [[bigot]].<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60810FB355511728DDDA90B94D9405B8084F1D3 Paul Blanshard, Writer and Critic Of Catholic Church, Is Dead at 87; 'Must Be Reckoned With' A Move to the Vatican], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  His works have been referred to as those of a "professional" bigot differentiating them from less literary, less sophisticated efforts such as those of [[Jack Chick]].  Blanshard's most notorious work is ''American Freedom and Catholic Power'' (1949).  Other works of anti-Catholic bigotry include ''The Irish and Catholic Power'' (1953) and Kennedy presidency-obsessed work ''The Future of Catholic Power'' (1961).<ref>[http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic204122.files/Week_Two/Massa_New_and_Old_Anti-Catholicism.pdf "New and Old Anti-Catholicism"], [[Harvard University]]</ref>
 
'''Paul Beecher Blanshard''' (August 27, 1892 - January 27, 1980) was a famous anti-[[Catholic]] [[bigot]].<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60810FB355511728DDDA90B94D9405B8084F1D3 Paul Blanshard, Writer and Critic Of Catholic Church, Is Dead at 87; 'Must Be Reckoned With' A Move to the Vatican], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  His works have been referred to as those of a "professional" bigot differentiating them from less literary, less sophisticated efforts such as those of [[Jack Chick]].  Blanshard's most notorious work is ''American Freedom and Catholic Power'' (1949).  Other works of anti-Catholic bigotry include ''The Irish and Catholic Power'' (1953) and Kennedy presidency-obsessed work ''The Future of Catholic Power'' (1961).<ref>[http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic204122.files/Week_Two/Massa_New_and_Old_Anti-Catholicism.pdf "New and Old Anti-Catholicism"], [[Harvard University]]</ref>
  
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Blanshard was editor for [[Nation (magazine)|The Nation]] and special counsel and spokesman for [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwarz|first1=Fred |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/245807/jfks-religion-speech-fred-schwarz |title=JFK’s ‘Religion Speech’ |work=[[National Review]] |date=September 11, 2010 }}</ref>  He was also a member of the National Council for the [[League for Industrial Democracy]], for the [[Rochester, New York]] area.<ref>{{cite book|title=The challenge of waste|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SClRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP2|date=1922|pages=2}}</ref>
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Blanshard's works were influential with [[Supreme Court]] justice [[Hugo Black]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rGHN2oBy_jEC&pg=PA269 Hugo Black and the Judicial Revolution]</ref>
  
 
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
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While at university, he wrote about joining the ministry.  Blanshard was a [[Christian socialist]], but found himself more inclined toward the socialism and less toward the Christianity.
 
While at university, he wrote about joining the ministry.  Blanshard was a [[Christian socialist]], but found himself more inclined toward the socialism and less toward the Christianity.
 
<blockquote>"During those college years I arrived at two decisions about myself. I would be a socialist and I would enter the Christian ministry. In retrospect, the first decision seems entirely natural, but the second decision was the worst blunder of my life."<ref>{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Blanshard |title=Personal and Controversial: An Autobiography |publisher=Beacon Press |year=1973 |pages=20}}</ref></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>"During those college years I arrived at two decisions about myself. I would be a socialist and I would enter the Christian ministry. In retrospect, the first decision seems entirely natural, but the second decision was the worst blunder of my life."<ref>{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Blanshard |title=Personal and Controversial: An Autobiography |publisher=Beacon Press |year=1973 |pages=20}}</ref></blockquote>
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==Career==
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Blanshard was editor for [[Nation (magazine)|The Nation]] and special counsel and spokesman for [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwarz|first1=Fred |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/245807/jfks-religion-speech-fred-schwarz |title=JFK’s ‘Religion Speech’ |work=[[National Review]] |date=September 11, 2010 }}</ref>  He was also a member of the National Council for the [[League for Industrial Democracy]], for the [[Rochester, New York]] area.<ref>{{cite book|title=The challenge of waste|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SClRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP2|date=1922|pages=2}}</ref>
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==

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Paul Beecher Blanshard (August 27, 1892 - January 27, 1980) was a famous anti-Catholic bigot.[1] His works have been referred to as those of a "professional" bigot differentiating them from less literary, less sophisticated efforts such as those of Jack Chick. Blanshard's most notorious work is American Freedom and Catholic Power (1949). Other works of anti-Catholic bigotry include The Irish and Catholic Power (1953) and Kennedy presidency-obsessed work The Future of Catholic Power (1961).[2]

Blanshard's works were influential with Supreme Court justice Hugo Black.[3]

Early life

Paul and his twin brother Brand Blanshard[4] were born in Fredericksburg, Ohio, on August 27, 1892.[5]

He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914.[5]

Christian Socialism

While at university, he wrote about joining the ministry. Blanshard was a Christian socialist, but found himself more inclined toward the socialism and less toward the Christianity.

"During those college years I arrived at two decisions about myself. I would be a socialist and I would enter the Christian ministry. In retrospect, the first decision seems entirely natural, but the second decision was the worst blunder of my life."[6]

Career

Blanshard was editor for The Nation and special counsel and spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State.[7] He was also a member of the National Council for the League for Industrial Democracy, for the Rochester, New York area.[8]

Works

  • An Outline of the British Labour Movement, (1923)
  • Labor in southern cotton mills, (1927)
  • What's the Matter with New York, (1932)
  • Technocracy and Socialism, (1933)
  • Democracy and Empire in the Caribbean, (1947)
  • American Freedom and Catholic Power, (1949)
  • Communism, Democracy, and Catholic Power, (1951)
  • My Catholic Critics, (1952)
  • The Irish and Catholic Power, (1953)
  • The Right to Read: The Battle Against Censorship, (1955)
  • God and Man in Washington, (1960)
  • The Future of Catholic Power, (1961)
  • Freedom and Catholic Power in Spain and Portugal, (1962)
  • Religion and the Schools: The Great Controversy, (1963)
  • Paul Blanshard on Vatican II, (1966)
  • Personal and Controversial: an Autobiography, (1973)
  • Some of my Best Friends are Christian, (1974)
  • Classics of Free Thought, (1977)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Paul Blanshard, Writer and Critic Of Catholic Church, Is Dead at 87; 'Must Be Reckoned With' A Move to the Vatican, The New York Times
  2. ↑ "New and Old Anti-Catholicism", Harvard University
  3. ↑ Hugo Black and the Judicial Revolution
  4. ↑ Paul & Mary Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice, 1892-1980 & 1902-1965
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass: 1880
  6. ↑ Blanshard, Paul (1973). Personal and Controversial: An Autobiography. Beacon Press, 20. 
  7. ↑ JFK’s ‘Religion Speech’. National Review (September 11, 2010).
  8. ↑ (1922) The challenge of waste, 2. 

External links

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