Book contents
- Land and Liberalism
- Land and Liberalism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Our American Aristotle’
- 2 Agrarianism and Political Thought
- 3 The Land War and the Land League
- 4 The Catholic Church and the Land Question
- 5 Transatlantic Radicalism and the Land Question
- 6 Class, Culture, and Place
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Catholic Church and the Land Question
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
- Land and Liberalism
- Land and Liberalism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Our American Aristotle’
- 2 Agrarianism and Political Thought
- 3 The Land War and the Land League
- 4 The Catholic Church and the Land Question
- 5 Transatlantic Radicalism and the Land Question
- 6 Class, Culture, and Place
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
No other institution wielded comparable transnational power over such a large body of the Irish diaspora than the Catholic Church, yet it was riven with internal divisions over the questions of land and labour during the 1880s, and its grip on Irish popular opinion was increasingly strained and contingent. In this chapter, the relationship of the Church to questions of land reform is discussed, particularly its role in sustaining radical critiques of liberal modernity and capitalism. It discusses the importance of priests to the Land League, and the challenges faced by the Catholic hierarchy in both Ireland and the United States to contain and direct the force of Irish land and labour radicalism. The chapter also looks closely at Henry George’s relationship with the religiosity, his use of theological arguments, and his tensions with the Catholic Church in the United States.
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- Land and LiberalismHenry George and the Irish Land War, pp. 118 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023