The Catholic Origins of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution, 1931-1970

Though powerful currents of conservatism certainly remained within Catholicism after 1930, argues Gauvreau (history, McMasters U.) there was a growing ideological diversity in the Quebec Church marked by powerful lay social and cultural initiatives. He shows how this change impacted the political reforms of the Liberal government between 1960 and 1966 in particular, but also to the entire period from 1960 to 1980 and the triumph of neo-liberalism and neo-nationalism. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)