[Rezension von: Corrin, Jay P., 1943-, Catholic progressives in England after Vatican II]
In a recent literary spat between Martin Amis and Terry Eagleton, Amis's stepmother Elizabeth Jane Howard summed up what might be an uncomfortably common view of the English Catholic Left: “I have never even heard of this man Eagleton. But he seems to be a rather lethal combination of having be...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 382-384 |
| Review of: | Catholic progressives in England after Vatican II (Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013) (Villis, Tom)
Catholic progressives in England after Vatican II (Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013) (Villis, Tom) |
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Catholicism
/ Great Britain
/ History 1900-2000
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBF British Isles KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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Book review
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| Summary: | In a recent literary spat between Martin Amis and Terry Eagleton, Amis's stepmother Elizabeth Jane Howard summed up what might be an uncomfortably common view of the English Catholic Left: “I have never even heard of this man Eagleton. But he seems to be a rather lethal combination of having been a Roman Catholic and become a Marxist—that strikes me as a rather uncomfortable progression, to put it mildly” (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486941/Spicier-novel-literary-feud-raging-Amis-dynasty-Marxist-critic.html). In this assiduously researched and fascinating book, Jay Corrin demonstrates how this combination was played out in the aftermath of Vatican II. The majority of the book is a study of the thought and influence of the writers grouped around the radical journal Slant, some of whom, such as Eagleton, remain names to conjure within the English literary world, whereas others, such as Bernard Sharratt, Martin Shaw, Adrian and Angela Cunningham, and Christopher Calnan, might be less familiar to the reader. Corrin leaves no doubt as to his own sympathies. After the end of Pius XII's reign, Corrin has it that “daylight begins to break after the darkest time of night” (p. 87) ... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csv022 |