1. A Catholic Journey: Paul Martin Sr., Politics, and Faith.
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DONAGHY, Greg
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CHURCH & state , *TWENTIETH century , *RELIGION ,CANADIAN politics & government ,HISTORY of the Catholic Church & state ,QUEBECOIS politics & government ,CANADIAN economy - Abstract
Catholicism defined the private life and public career of Paul Martin Sr. (1903-92), one of Canada's leading Liberal politicians in the decades after World War Two. His youthful Catholicism shaped his approach to political life and sanctified his ambition. As a young man, he rejected the classical conservatism of a junior seminary in Québec, embracing instead the more tolerant version of Catholicism he encountered during the 1920s at the University of St. Michael's College within the Protestant University of Toronto. This paper explores Martin's early faith experiences, and examines the resulting philosophy of social justice and political change that drove this young Catholic to challenge the status quo in Depression Canada, and to help erect the contemporary welfare state in the 1940s and 1950s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013