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Left Catholicism, 1943–1955
Catholics and Society in Western Europe at the Point of Liberation
Av Emmanuel Gerard, G.-R. Horn
Häftad, 2001
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This volume constitutes the first attempt to analyse the phenomenon of Western European Left Catholicism from a comparative and transnational perspective. Decisively shaped by the turbulent atmosphere of war, occupation and resistance, the years 1943-1955 gave rise to a most unusual flowering of …
Towards an Era of Development
The Globalization of Socialism and Christian Democracy, 1945–1965
Häftad, 2006
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A world of difference separates global politics in 1945 from 1965. In the twenty years after the second world war, a 'Third World' was added to the Cold War concepts of the 'First' and 'Second' worlds, and post-war decolonization had ushered in an 'era of development'. For the first time ever, …
Maritain Factor
Taking Religion into Interward Modernism
Av Jan De Maeyer, Rajesh Heynickx
Häftad, 2010
732 kr
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By studying the reception and perception of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, this book argues that European modernist artists and intellectuals sought a primordial finality in Catholicism. The French poet, writer, and surrealist filmmaker Jean Cocteau converted under the influence …
Economics of Providence
Management, Finances and Patrimony of Religious Orders and Congregations in Europe, 1773–ca. 1930
Av Maarten Van Dijck, Jan De Maeyer m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
563 kr
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The wealth and patrimony of religious institutesDuring the French Revolution almost all monasteries and abbeys were suppressed and their possessions seized. Yet after the French Revolution many religious institutes were very successful in re-establishing themselves, sometimes accumulating large …
Sign or Symptom?
Exceptional Corporeal Phenomena in Religion and Medicine in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Av Tine van Osselaer, Henk De Smaele m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
1030 kr
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Described as 'the hand of God', as 'pathological' or even as 'a clever trick', exceptional corporeal phenomena such as miraculous cures, stigmata, and incorrupt corpses have triggered heated debates in the past. Depending on their definition as either 'supernatural', 'psycho-somatic' or …
Universalism and Liberation
Italian Catholic Culture and the Idea of International Community, 1963–1978
Häftad, 2017
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The changing attitude of Catholic culture towards modernityAfter decades of a problematic, if not plainly hostile, approach to modernity by Catholic culture, the 1960s marked the beginning of a new era. As the Church employed a more positive approach to the world, voices in the Catholic milieu …
Cardinal Mercier in the First World War
Belgium, Germany and the Catholic Church
Häftad, 2018
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Cardinal Desire-Joseph Mercier, Archbishop of Malines, was the incarnation of the Belgian resistance against the German occupation during the First World War. With his famous pastoral letter of Christmas 1914 'Patriotisme et Endurance' he reached a wide audience, and gained international influence …
Humble Women, Powerful Nuns
A Female Struggle for Autonomy in a Men's Church
Häftad, 2020
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The fascinating story of four ambitious Belgian religious women in a male worldNineteenth-century female congregation founders could achieve levels of autonomy, power and prestige that were beyond reach for most women of their time. This book recounts the fascinating but ambiguous life stories of …
Neo-Thomism in Action
Law and Society Reshaped by Neo-Scholastic Philosophy, 1880-1960
Av Wim Decock, Bart Raymaekers m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
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In his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, …
Territories of Faith
Religion, Urban Planning and Demographic Change in Post-War Europe
Häftad, 2022
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In the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of churches were built across Europe in an attempt to keep up with the continent's rapid urbanisation. This book addresses the immense effort related to the planning, financing, and construction of this new religious infrastructure. Going beyond aspects of style …
Catholicism and the Welfare State in Secular France
Continuities and Changes in the Catholic Mobilizations in the Social Policy Domain (1940-2017)
Häftad, 2023
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Secular France and the changing influence of Catholicism.Even though the policy impact of Catholicism has increasingly been acknowledged, existing scholarship lacks a coherent view on its changing influence over time and in different political contexts. In this book, Fabio Bolzonar investigates the …
From Hope to Hardship
The Missionary Dreams and Disappointments of the Belgian Gospel Mission
Häftad, 2025
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The untold story of the Belgian Gospel Mission and the influence of American Evangelicalism.From Hope to Hardship begins with the missionary quest of Ralph and Edith Norton, who assisted John Wilbur Chapman around the turn of the twentieth century at the height of his success as a ‘mass-evangelist’ …
Christian Churches and Postwar Society
European and North American Perspectives on the Impact of the First World War
Av Kristien Suenens, Michael Snape m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
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The enduring influence of religion in shaping postwar Europe.This volume examines the role of Christian churches in Europe during the often-overlooked postwar period (ca. 1918–ca. 1925), enriching our understanding of the enduring influence of religion in the aftermath of conflict. Taking a …
Christian Democratic Parties in Europe since the End of the Cold War
Av Steven Van Hecke, Emmanuel Gerard
Häftad, 2004
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The period since the end of the Cold War has been characterised by an acceleration in the European integration process, a changing pattern of political ideologies and the emergence of new political parties and issues. This book assesses the impact of these phenomena on Christian Democratic parties …
Religious Institutes in Western Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Historiography, Research, and Legal Position
Av J. DeMayer, S. Leplae m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
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In the 19th century, religious institutes (orders and congregations) underwent an unprecedented revival. As partners in a large-scale religious modernisation movement, they were welcomed by the Roman Catholic Church in its pursuit of a new role in society (especially in the educational and …
Transformation of the Christian Churches in Western Europe (1945–2000)
Av Jaak Billiet, Leo Kenis m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
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Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public, cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level, institutionalised religion is becoming increasingly marginalised. Some scholars, however, speak of a repositioning of the …
Christian Masculinity
Men and Religion in Northern Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Häftad, 2011
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In the mid-nineteenth century, when the idea of religion as a private matter connected to the home and the female sphere won acceptance among the bourgeois elite, Christian religious practices began to be associated with femininity and soft values. Contemporary critics claimed that religion was …
Gender and Christianity in Modern Europe
Beyond the Feminization Thesis
Av Patrick Pasture, Jan Art m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
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Case studies upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to christianitySince the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this ‘thesis' has triggered some vehement debates, given that …
Pious Sex
Catholic Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity in Belgium, c. 1800–1940
Häftad, 2013
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The construction of gender in Belgian CatholicismAlthough women were called the ‘pious sex’ much earlier, it was during the nineteenth century, when the differences between men and women were being made more explicit, that an intense bond between women and religion was developed. Religiosity was …
Religious Institutes and Catholic Culture in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe
Av Urs Altermatt, Jan De Maeyer m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
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Also of Interest: Religious Institutes in Western Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Historiography, Research and Legal PositionA broad perspective on the role of religious institutes in social and cultural practicesThis volume examines the cultural contribution of religious institutes, men and …
Christian Homes
Religion, Family and Domesticity in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Av Tine Van Osselaer, Patrick Pasture
Häftad, 2014
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Christian ideas on family, religion, and the home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries The cult of domesticity has often been linked to the privatization of religion and the idealisation of the motherly ideal of the ‘angel in the house’. This book revisits the Christian home of the nineteenth …
Intimate
Polity and the Catholic Church—Laws about Life, Death and the Family in So-called Catholic Countries
Av Karel Dobbelaere, Alfonso Pérez-Agote
Häftad, 2015
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The waning influence of the Catholic church in the ethical and political debate For centuries the Catholic Church was able to impose her ethical rules in matters related to the intimate, that is, questions concerning life (from its beginning until its end) and the family, in the so-called Catholic …
Mission and Science
Missiology Revised/Missiologie revisitée, 1850–1940
Av Carine Dujardin, Claude Prudhomme
Häftad, 2015
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Science as an instrument to justify religious missions in secular societyThe relationship between religion and science is complex and continues to be a topical issue. However, it is seldom zoomed in on from both Protestant andCatholic perspectives. By doing so the contributing authors in this …
Struggle with Leviathan
Social Responses to the Omnipotence of the State, 1815–1965
Häftad, 2016
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A panoramic picture of international politics and the formation of the modern StateThe opposition to the omnipotence of the State – as symbolised by Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan (1651) – had a significant impact on the political organisation of European society. A liberal strategy intended to provide a …
World Views and Worldly Wisdom
Religion, Ideology and Politics, 1750–2000
Av Jan De Maeyer, Vincent Viaene
Häftad, 2016
535 kr
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The attraction and repulsion between the Roman Catholic Church and modernity in Europe between 1750 and 2000Emiel Lamberts (1941), professor emeritus of contemporary history at KU Leuven, is an international expert in the political and religious history of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.His …
Religion, colonization and decolonization in Congo, 1885-1960. Religion, colonisation et decolonisation au Congo, 1885-1960
Av Vincent Viaene, Bram Cleys m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
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Religion in today's Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries, the Marian shrines of the Catholic Church, the Islamic brotherhoods, and the Jewish community of Lubumbashi, to the 'African' churches of the Congolese diaspora in Brussels and Paris, the healers of …
Life Inside the Cloister
Understanding Monastic Architecture: Tradition, Reformation, Adaptive Reuse
Häftad, 2018
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Christian monasteries and convents, built throughout Europe for the best part of 1,500 years, are now at a crossroads. This study attempts to understand the sacred architecture of monasteries as a process of the tangible and symbolic organisation of space and time for religious communities. Despite …
Rester Catholique en France
L'encadrement religieux destine aux migrants belgo-flamands du Lillois, de Paris et des campagnes francaises 1850-1960
Av Henk Byls
Häftad, 2019
399 kr
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Splendide famille. Le pere, un gars flamand, simple, robuste - la mere profondement religieuse. Les enfants tous debordants de vie. Ils ont un tel courage, pour braver les Francais avec leur conviction religieuse.Ainsi parlait le pere jesuite Frans Van den Brande, l'un des aumoniers des paysans …
Survival of the Jesuits in the Low Countries, 1773-1850
Häftad, 2019
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How the Jesuits re-emerged after forty years of suppressionIn 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus. For the 823 Jesuits living in the Low Countries, it meant the end of their institutional religious life. In the Austrian Netherlands, the Jesuits were put under strict surveillance, …
Cold War Mary
Ideologies, Politics, and Marian Devotional Culture
Häftad, 2021
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First-ever study connecting the Cold War to the field of popular religiosity and Marian devotionOne hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of …
