Leslie Rumble

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Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington, New South Wales, where Dr Rumble taught theology

Leslie Audoen Rumble (1892–1975), usually known as "Dr Rumble", an Australian

Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange,[2] he returned to Australia in 1927 and for many years taught theology at the order's seminary in Kensington, New South Wales.[3] [4] He worked closely with his colleague, philosophy lecturer Dr P. J. Ryan
.

Work in radio and print

In 1928 Dr Rumble began a Sunday evening programme on radio-station

Protestants. He treated inquirers as honest seekers for the truth and answered in a very logical style "in a voice like worn sandpaper".[3] He criticised the "puritan element" as well as the "Godless secularism" of Australian society.[7]

Written versions of his Question Box program were popular in the United States (where he toured successfully in 1940-41[8]) as well as Australia and were said to have sold seven million copies.[3]

During the federal election campaign of 1949 Rumble suggested that the

socialisation for Catholics to vote for. Rumble's views were attacked by Arthur Calwell and Archbishop Mannix.[9]

Rumble was unhappy about many of the changes in the Church following the Second Vatican Council.[10] He died in 1975.[11]

Bibliography

  • Rumble, Leslie (1929). Cobblestones and Catholicity. Sydney: Pellegrini.
  • Rumble, Leslie (2001). Radio Replies: Vol 1. Charlotte NC: TAN books.
    ISBN 9781505102598
    .
  • Rumble, Leslie (1953). Reply to the Anglican Bishops of Australia. Kensington NSW: Annals Office.
  • Rumble, Leslie (1975). Questions People Ask About the Catholic Church. Kensington NSW: Chevalier Press.
  • Littleton, Jim (2011). Defender of the Catholic Faith: Dr Leslie Rumble MSC.
    ISBN 9780980858839
    .

References

  1. ^ L. Rumble (26 February 1953). "'Not as one beating the air'". Catholic Weekly. Sydney. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ L. Rumble (5 March 1953). "'Not as one beating the air', part 2". Catholic Weekly. Sydney. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Campion, Edmund (2002). "Rumble, Leslie Audoen (1892–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ISBN 0958786941
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  5. ^ "Life story: Dr Leslie Rumble MSC". Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ISBN 9780868409184
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  7. ^ Gill, Alan (15 November 1975). "The turbulent years of Doctor Rumble" (PDF). Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Concluding 'Not as one beating the air': Dr Rumble's American journey". Catholic Weekly. Sydney. 2 April 1953. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Dr Rumble-Calwell controversy: Archbishop Mannix enters the lists". Smith's Weekly. Sydney. 5 November 1949. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. ISBN 9781863551458
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  11. ^ "Religious pioneer dies". Canberra Times. 10 November 1975. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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