A Rebel to His Last Breath: Joseph McCabe and Rationalism
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157392878X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Some of the most controversial issues of spirituality A Rebel To His Last Breath provides the first biography of one Joseph McCabe, a former Catholic priest who became a champion of free thought and rationalism in the first half of the 20th century. Why chart the life of a man largely forgotten today? Because he tackled some of the most controversial issues of spirituality and social issues of modern times, and his efforts and writings continue to influence.. An Overlooked Religious Controversialist Much thanks to Bill Cooke for doing his part in keeping the utterly interesting and eminently readable Joseph McCabe alive for new generations. McCabe wrote scores of controversial works on religion. I have probably read two dozen, a small sample. Scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 'crisis of faith' should immerse themselves in McCabe. The first place to start is here with Cooke's biography.
McCabe's encyclopedic curiosity, rigorous scholarship, and above all his unswerving intellectual honesty led him through a tumultuous career of public lecturing and debating, and an incredible output of over 200 books. This is the first biography of Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), a former Catholic preist who became one of the best-known champions and a prolific popularizer of freethought and rationalism in the first half of the 20th century. Much of his writing was published in the form of the "Little Blue Books" by E. socialism, women's rights, and many other topics. He tackled the most controversial issues of the modern era: evolution, biblical errancy, belief in God, immor
. Fulton, Coll. David I. Cooke, a lecturer at New Zealand's Manukau Institute of Technology and himself a rationalist, has written a meticulous account of the life and work of McCabe. From Library Journal Englishman Joseph McCabe (1867-1955) was a Franciscan priest who left the priesthood, a Catholic who apostatized from the Christian faith, a self-proclaimed atheist and materialist, and one of the most prolific rationalist writers and speakers of the early 20th century. One of the book's best features is its placing McCabe's story in the context of the intellectual and cultural history of England from