Mr Santamaria And The Bishops
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Pages: Yellowed
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At the turbulent crossroads of faith and politics in mid-twentieth-century Australia stands one of the nation's most controversial and consequential figures — B.A. Santamaria. Mr Santamaria and the Bishops chronicles the intense and fractious relationship between the firebrand Catholic activist and the Australian Catholic hierarchy, detailing how Santamaria's fierce anti-communist crusade through the Catholic Social Studies Movement (the Movement) ultimately split the labour movement and drew the Church itself into bitter ideological conflict. Gerard Henderson presents a meticulously researched account of how one man's iron-willed convictions reshaped the landscape of Australian Catholicism, trade unionism, and the Australian Labor Party in ways that still reverberate today. Henderson, a former associate of Santamaria himself, writes with the insider's authority and the historian's discipline, drawing on ecclesiastical correspondence, political records, and personal testimony to illuminate the backroom dealings and theological disputes that defined an era. Published by the esteemed Australian imprint Hale & Iremonger, this work sits firmly within the tradition of rigorous Australian political history, arguing that the struggle between Santamaria and the bishops was not merely a personal clash but a defining battle over the soul of the Catholic Church in Australia. For anyone seeking to understand the deep entanglement of religion and power in Australian public life, this is an indispensable — and deeply unsettling — account.
Author: Gerard Henderson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the turbulent crossroads of faith and politics in mid-twentieth-century Australia stands one of the nation's most controversial and consequential figures — B.A. Santamaria. Mr Santamaria and the Bishops chronicles the intense and fractious relationship between the firebrand Catholic activist and the Australian Catholic hierarchy, detailing how Santamaria's fierce anti-communist crusade through the Catholic Social Studies Movement (the Movement) ultimately split the labour movement and drew the Church itself into bitter ideological conflict. Gerard Henderson presents a meticulously researched account of how one man's iron-willed convictions reshaped the landscape of Australian Catholicism, trade unionism, and the Australian Labor Party in ways that still reverberate today. Henderson, a former associate of Santamaria himself, writes with the insider's authority and the historian's discipline, drawing on ecclesiastical correspondence, political records, and personal testimony to illuminate the backroom dealings and theological disputes that defined an era. Published by the esteemed Australian imprint Hale & Iremonger, this work sits firmly within the tradition of rigorous Australian political history, arguing that the struggle between Santamaria and the bishops was not merely a personal clash but a defining battle over the soul of the Catholic Church in Australia. For anyone seeking to understand the deep entanglement of religion and power in Australian public life, this is an indispensable — and deeply unsettling — account.