Joseph McCabe
English writer and speaker on freethought / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Martin McCabe (12 November 1867 – 10 January 1955) was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life. He was "one of the great mouthpieces of freethought in England".[1] Becoming a critic of the Catholic Church, McCabe joined groups such as the Rationalist Association and the National Secular Society. He criticised Christianity from a rationalist perspective, but also was involved in the South Place Ethical Society which grew out of dissenting Protestantism and was a precursor of modern secular humanism.
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Born | 12 November 1867 Macclesfield, England |
Died | 10 January 1955(1955-01-10) (aged 87) |
Occupation | Writer, lecturer, priest |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain |
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