Robert Tobin was raised in Boston and Texas and took his first degree from Harvard. A Fulbright Scholar, he also holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Oxford, and Cambridge. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England, having served as a curate in Buckinghamshire and as the Episcopal/Anglican Chaplain at Harvard before taking up his present post as Chaplain and Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford.

[a] wide-ranging and complex study by Robert Tobin.

• Introduction ; 1. The Intellectual Genealogy of a Southern Protestant, c.1900-1930 ; 2. Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and War, 1930-1945 ; 3. Irish Community and Protestant Belonging, 1930-1949 ; 4. Christianity, Mass Society, and Cold War, 1945-1972 ; 5. Public Controversy and Intellectual Dissent, 1949-1972 ; 6. History, Heritage, and Scholarship, 1930-1972 ; 7. The Intellectual Legacy of a Southern Protestant, 1972-1991 ; Postscript ; APPENDICES ; Hubert Butler's Published Writings and Radio Broadcasts ; The Kilkenny Debates: Topics and Participants

Robert Tobin was raised in Boston and Texas and took his first degree from Harvard. A Fulbright Scholar, he also holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Oxford, and Cambridge. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England, having served as a curate in Buckinghamshire and as the Episcopal/Anglican Chaplain at Harvard before taking up his present post as Chaplain and Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford.

[a] wide-ranging and complex study by Robert Tobin.

• Introduction ; 1. The Intellectual Genealogy of a Southern Protestant, c.1900-1930 ; 2. Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and War, 1930-1945 ; 3. Irish Community and Protestant Belonging, 1930-1949 ; 4. Christianity, Mass Society, and Cold War, 1945-1972 ; 5. Public Controversy and Intellectual Dissent, 1949-1972 ; 6. History, Heritage, and Scholarship, 1930-1972 ; 7. The Intellectual Legacy of a Southern Protestant, 1972-1991 ; Postscript ; APPENDICES ; Hubert Butler's Published Writings and Radio Broadcasts ; The Kilkenny Debates: Topics and Participants

Robert Tobin was raised in Boston and Texas and took his first degree from Harvard. A Fulbright Scholar, he also holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Oxford, and Cambridge. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England, having served as a curate in Buckinghamshire and as the Episcopal/Anglican Chaplain at Harvard before taking up his present post as Chaplain and Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford.

[a] wide-ranging and complex study by Robert Tobin.

• Introduction ; 1. The Intellectual Genealogy of a Southern Protestant, c.1900-1930 ; 2. Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and War, 1930-1945 ; 3. Irish Community and Protestant Belonging, 1930-1949 ; 4. Christianity, Mass Society, and Cold War, 1945-1972 ; 5. Public Controversy and Intellectual Dissent, 1949-1972 ; 6. History, Heritage, and Scholarship, 1930-1972 ; 7. The Intellectual Legacy of a Southern Protestant, 1972-1991 ; Postscript ; APPENDICES ; Hubert Butler's Published Writings and Radio Broadcasts ; The Kilkenny Debates: Topics and Participants