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Author : Oded Heilbronner
Release : 1998
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 104/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Catholicism, Political Culture, and the Countryside by : Oded Heilbronner
Download or read book Catholicism, Political Culture, and the Countryside written by Oded Heilbronner. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges received wisdom about the relationship between Catholics and Nazis
Author : William Issel
Release : 2013
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 911/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Church and State in the City by : William Issel
Download or read book Church and State in the City written by William Issel. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Catholic religious activism shaped the language and outcome of San Francisco's debates about over the common good and the public interest
Author : Paul Christopher Manuel
Release : 2006-08-16
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Catholic Church and the Nation-State by : Paul Christopher Manuel
Download or read book The Catholic Church and the Nation-State written by Paul Christopher Manuel. This book was released on 2006-08-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, The Catholic Church and the Nation-State paints a rich portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically. In this integrated and synthetic collection of essays, outstanding scholars from the United States and abroad examine religious, diplomatic, and political actions—both admirable and regrettable—that shape our world. Kenneth R. Himes sets the context of the book by brilliantly describing the political influence of the church in the post-Vatican II era. There are many recent instances, the contributors assert, where the Church has acted as both a moral authority and a self-interested institution: in the United States it maintained unpopular moral positions on issues such as contraception and sexuality, yet at the same time it sought to cover up its own abuses; it was complicit in genocide in Rwanda but played an important role in ending the horrific civil war in Angola; and it has alternately embraced and suppressed nationalism by acting as the voice of resistance against communism in Poland, whereas in Chile it once supported opposition to Pinochet but now aligns with rightist parties. With an in-depth exploration of the five primary challenges facing the Church—theology and politics, secularization, the transition from serving as a nationalist voice of opposition, questions of justice, and accommodation to sometimes hostile civil authorities—this book will be of interest to scholars and students in religion and politics as well as Catholic Church clergy and laity. By demonstrating how national churches vary considerably in the emphasis of their teachings and in the scope and nature of their political involvement, the analyses presented in this volume engender a deeper understanding of the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the world.
Author : Paula Jean Miller
Release : 2004
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 840/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mapping the Catholic Cultural Landscape by : Paula Jean Miller
Download or read book Mapping the Catholic Cultural Landscape written by Paula Jean Miller. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping the Catholic Cultural Landscape explores the intersection of Catholicism with cultural expressions of literature and art, holiness and personal devotion, faith and secular society. With essays selected from the world's first International Conference of Catholic Studies, this volume is a primary resource for Catholic Studies directors in curriculum development and for students in the classroom. This text emerges as an objective way of studying the relationship between religion, history, and culture.
Author : Mark Edward Ruff
Release : 2021-12-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 888/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Germany and the Confessional Divide by : Mark Edward Ruff
Download or read book Germany and the Confessional Divide written by Mark Edward Ruff. This book was released on 2021-12-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From German unification in 1871 through the early 1960s, confessional tensions between Catholics and Protestants were a source of deep division in German society. Engaging this period of historic strife, Germany and the Confessional Divide focuses on three traumatic episodes: the Kulturkampf waged against the Catholic Church in the 1870s, the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy and state-supported Protestantism after World War I, and the Nazi persecution of the churches. It argues that memories of these traumatic experiences regularly reignited confessional tensions. Only as German society became increasingly secular did these memories fade and tensions ease.
