American Freedom and Catholic Power

by Paul Blanshard

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Genres: Politics

416 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1984

About the author

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.

Reviews

[John Ison · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is amazing to read a book of this type written sixty years ago. On one level it is readable, articulate, well sourced and convincing. However, in spite of repeating ad nauseum that he is unbiased, it oozes bias. It is rife with rumour, innuendo, and snide remarks about the church and its people. As a follower of Quebec history, the section on the church's domination of Quebec was fascinating. His description was fairly accurate but his prognosis was totally off base, as I expect it was for the USA. Worth reading as an object lesson in how we should not think about certain groups today.

[L · Rating 1 out of 5]

I almost gave it a 4 because as far as conspiratrial whack job presentations, it was good. This book was a soldier for the Purity Of Essence. It had to have been an influential book because a lot of people still have that same pre-conceived notion of the papist in our midst out to destroy the US from within the power grid.
Think of how people thought of Kennedy and the Church in the early 60's and you get the point.

Here is the book: I do not distrust Catholics, I distrust their behavior. I do not distrust Catholic thought, I distrust the Vatican. It is passive - agressive antagonism. It is reflux from the 19th century. He was right on the point of America tempering Catholicism but wrong where it would return to its previous plots and schemes to gain total control.

I mean, there should be a separation of Church and State, but no one is forcing Catholicism down anyone's throat and it is inconceivable that the Church was out to convert everyone through subversion in the 40's in the US anymore than it is presently out to conquer it. So, the book has a double fault of being wrong then and now. The over-blown title speaks for itself.

[John David · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author is a socialist, atheist, and humanist who despises the very idea of religion. One only has to do a simple google search and find out that the author’s intellectual stance is built upon anti-religious sentiments. The most telling example of the author’s humanist ideals is his argument for eugenics. The author is more than willing to kill off the mentally disabled and those with lower IQs for the sake of “humanity.” An argument can easily be made that a disease we have a cure for now, would have been a death sentence for a baby in the author’s humanist utopia. The Church was correct on its teaching of eugenics then and it is still correct on it’s teaching today. There are other examples in this book where the Catholic Church was proven correct in her teaching by times progress. This book is good if you are a Catholic who wishes to see your faith in action against people who don’t hold the slightest religious belief.

[Davy Bennett]

Have 2 copies.

Donating. 1951 hardback.
Beacon Press.