Editing Kenneth Clark (section)

===Beliefs===
Clark's parents were [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] in outlook, and Ruskin's social and political views influenced the young Clark.<ref>Secrest, p. 11; and Stourton pp. 5 and 10</ref> [[Mary Beard (classicist)|Mary Beard]] wrote in a ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' article that Clark was a lifelong [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] voter.<ref name=beard/>  His religious outlook was unconventional, but he believed in the divine, rejected atheism, and found the [[Church of England]] too secular in its outlook.<ref>Stourton, pp. 304–305</ref>{{refn|Clark's widow said that her husband always had a profound Christian sensitivity, and that whenever he went into a church in search of works of art he would first kneel and pray.<ref name=convert>"Convert Clark", ''The Times'', 15 October 1983, p. 8</ref>|group= n}}  Shortly before his death he was received into the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref name=convert/><ref>"Memorial services: Lord Clark, OM, CH", ''The Times'', 14 October 1983, p. 14</ref>