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Toto · 10-11-2004, 11:38 AM

A Rebel to His Last Breath: Joseph McCabe and Rationalism by Bill Cooke, John R. Burr.

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McCabe was a former Franciscan priest who lost his faith and became one of the most uncompromising voices for rationalism in the 19th-20th century.

His writings are included in the II historical library: Joseph McCabe

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Contrary to contemporary academic writing, much of which contrives a strained neutrality, author Bill Cooke pulls no punches in his criticism of academic pretensions and postmodernist posturing. Writing, as McCabe did, in a style that appeals to both the specialist and the nonspecialist reader, Cooke has created a biography that is, in fact, a continuation of McCabe's own unique mix of reason and rebellion.

A REBEL TO HIS LAST BREATH is more than a biographical sketch of an extraordinary man; it is an inquiry into the relevance of rationalism at the beginning of a new millennium. In today's postmodern world, when Enlightenment values are being questioned and irrationalism in its many guises has become fashionable, McCabe's gift for rational inquiry, respect for scientific evidence, and lucid, no-nonsense prose are both relevant and welcome.

Bill Cooke is a rationalist from New Zealand and the author of HEATHEN IN GODZONE: SEVENTY YEARS OF RATIONALISM IN NEW ZEALAND

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