Download or read book Political Ecumenism written by Geoffrey Adams and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-11-06 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adams examines the contributions of such major Français libres as René Cassin, Pierre Mendès France, and Jacques Soustelle and explores de Gaulle's troubled relations with Churchill and Roosevelt. The opportunity for Gaullists to offer full membership to the fourth religious family, Algeria's Muslim majority, following the liberation of French North Africa is also considered. In an epilogue, Adams reflects on the impact of Free France's political ecumenism in the postwar era.