Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "American Freedom and Catholic Power is an anti-Catholic book by American writer Paul Blanshard, published in 1949 by Beacon Press. Blanshard asserted that America had a \"Catholic problem\" in that the Church was an \"undemocratic system of alien control\". The book has been described as bigoted and \"vicious\", propaganda and as \"the most unusual bestseller of 1949-1950\". It was based on a series of articles that he had published in the magazine The Nation.Blanshard's autobiography indicates that his precipitating concern in 1946, which propelled him to commence research, was the influence of Catholic doctrine upon the practice of medicine generally, and obstetrics specifically. Some reviewers thought that the book incorporated nativist sentiments into its anti-Catholicism, including that the Church was a foreign power in America determined to dominate the world. In the prologue, Blanshard said that he was not opposed to the Catholic religion or to Catholic Americans, but that the church's hierarchy had an undue influence on legislation, education and medical practice."@en }
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- American_Freedom_and_Catholic_Power abstract "American Freedom and Catholic Power is an anti-Catholic book by American writer Paul Blanshard, published in 1949 by Beacon Press. Blanshard asserted that America had a \"Catholic problem\" in that the Church was an \"undemocratic system of alien control\". The book has been described as bigoted and \"vicious\", propaganda and as \"the most unusual bestseller of 1949-1950\". It was based on a series of articles that he had published in the magazine The Nation.Blanshard's autobiography indicates that his precipitating concern in 1946, which propelled him to commence research, was the influence of Catholic doctrine upon the practice of medicine generally, and obstetrics specifically. Some reviewers thought that the book incorporated nativist sentiments into its anti-Catholicism, including that the Church was a foreign power in America determined to dominate the world. In the prologue, Blanshard said that he was not opposed to the Catholic religion or to Catholic Americans, but that the church's hierarchy had an undue influence on legislation, education and medical practice.".