The World is Our Parish : John King Gordon, 1900-1989: An Intellectual Biography / Keith Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gordon, J. King--Political and social views.

Gordon, J. King.

Internationalists--Canada--Biography.

Internationalists.

Human rights workers--Canada--Biography.

Human rights workers.

Political activists--Canada--Biography.

Political activists.

Theologians--Canada--Biography.

Theologians.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biography

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction: "Universe of the spirit"

1. "Breaking out of a comfortable cocoon" (1900-1924)

2. "I play spectator in an Aristotelian sense" (1924-1931)

3. "A fiery apostle of social justice" (1931-1934)

4. "Politics is the only road to heaven now" (1935-1938)

5. "A bifocal view towards American affairs" (1938-1949)

6. "A ringside view of contemporary history in the making" (1950−1961)

7. "To get on in the world you accept the beliefs and values of the establishment" (1962-1989)

Conclusion: "An observer, not an actor"

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6904-7

1-4426-6903-9

OCLC:

905361893