The World Is Our Parish: John King Gordon, 1900-1989: An Intellectual Biography - Couverture rigide

Fleming, Keith

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ISBN 10 : 1442647736 ISBN 13 : 9781442647732

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

One of Canada's most outspoken and respected advocates of internationalism during the early Cold War, John King Gordon had a remarkably eclectic professional life. Keith R. Fleming's biography of Gordon explores the man's many careers, from his start as a Manitoba clergyman in the 1920s to his work as a United Nations field officer in Korea, the Middle East, and the Congo. In "The World Is Our Parish," Fleming traces how Gordon's passion for social reform and humanitarianism led him to become a clergyman, a political activist, a journalist, a professor, and one of Canada's leading advocates of liberal internationalism in the years after World War Two. An exceptional biography of an extraordinary but little-known Canadian, "The World Is Our Parish" uses Gordon's professional and intellectual journey to reveal the confluence of liberal Christianity, social democracy, and internationalism in Canadian politics and thought.

Biographie de l'auteur

Keith R. Fleming is an associate professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1442647736
• ISBN 13: 9781442647732
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384