The Red Dean of Canterbury: the public and private faces of Hewlett Johnson
"In the mid-twentieth century, few people in Britain divided public opinion more than Hewlett Johnson. To the high-profile Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, the principles of communism were all but indistinguishable from Christian teaching about the Kingdom of God on earth, and he used his position...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Scala
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Johnson, Hewlett 1874-1966
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDE Anglican Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Church of England Clergy Biography
B Johnson, Hewlett (1874-1966) B Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966 B Johnson, Hewlett (1874-1966) Political and social views B Church of England Clergy Biography B Deans, Cathedral and collegiate England Canterbury Biography B Communism and Christianity B Biography B Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966 Political and social views B Deans, Cathedral and collegiate (England) (Canterbury) Biography |
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| Summary: | "In the mid-twentieth century, few people in Britain divided public opinion more than Hewlett Johnson. To the high-profile Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, the principles of communism were all but indistinguishable from Christian teaching about the Kingdom of God on earth, and he used his position to promote his beliefs. A global campaigner for peace in the Cold War era, he had audiences with Gandhi, Stalin, Khrushchev, Tito, Mao Tse-Tung and Chou En-Lai, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Wherever he spoke and preached, he was either adored as a Christian visionary or hated as a mouthpiece of Soviet propaganda. In his timely new biography, drawing for the first time on Johnson's own personal papers and other previously unexplored archives, including those of M15, John Butler explores the charismatic and intriguing figure of the 'Red Dean'"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of dust jacket |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1857597362 |