The looming battle: Our Lady of Fatima and public space in Cold War Queensland
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Article Title | The looming battle: Our Lady of Fatima and public space in Cold War Queensland |
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ERA Journal ID | 7352 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Mason, Robert |
Journal Title | Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society |
Journal Citation | 94 (1), pp. 57-74 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0035-8762 |
1838-7381 | |
Abstract | The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima toured Queensland during 1951 as part of a global journey that was designed to promote moral renewal and defeat international The Queensland section of the tour by the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima offers a clear example of a transitional period in Catholic identity, as models of political and social behaviour moved away from Irish ethnicity towards a focus on Australian anti-communism. |
Keywords | Our Lady of Fatima; catholicism; marxism; Queensland history; social order; symbolism |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
500405. Religion, society and culture | |
440811. Political theory and political philosophy | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zv64/the-looming-battle-our-lady-of-fatima-and-public-space-in-cold-war-queensland
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