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Soldiers of God in a Secular World Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics

Name: Soldiers of God in a Secular World
Author: Sarah Shortall

Auteur: Sarah Shortall

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Sarah Shortall

Engels
Hardcover
9780674980105
01 november 2021
352 pagina's

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Secularism can be stifling for religious actors seeking a voice in public life. But it can also be empowering. Sarah Shortall tells the story of France’s nouveaux théologiens, who recast arguments over fascism, communism, democracy, and human rights in theological terms, thereby securing a voice for their faith in twentieth-century politics.

Winner of a Catholic Media Association Book Award

A revelatory account of the nouvelle théologie, a clerical movement that revitalized the Catholic Church’s role in twentieth-century French political life.

Secularism has been a cornerstone of French political culture since 1905, when the republic formalized the separation of church and state. At times the barrier of secularism has seemed impenetrable, stifling religious actors wishing to take part in political life. Yet in other instances, secularism has actually nurtured movements of the faithful. Soldiers of God in a Secular World explores one such case, that of the nouvelle théologie, or new theology. Developed in the interwar years by Jesuits and Dominicans, the nouvelle théologie reimagined the Church’s relationship to public life, encouraging political activism, engaging with secular philosophy, and inspiring doctrinal changes adopted by the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.

Nouveaux théologiens charted a path between the old alliance of throne and altar and secularism’s demand for the privatization of religion. Envisioning a Church in but not of the public sphere, Catholic thinkers drew on theological principles to intervene in political questions while claiming to remain at arm’s length from politics proper. Sarah Shortall argues that this “counter-politics” was central to the mission of the nouveaux théologiens: by recoding political statements in the ostensibly apolitical language of doctrine, priests were able to enter into debates over fascism and communism, democracy and human rights, colonialism and nuclear war. This approach found its highest expression during the Second World War, when the nouveaux théologiens led the spiritual resistance against Nazism. Claiming a powerful public voice, they collectively forged a new role for the Church amid the momentous political shifts of the twentieth century.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 november 2021
Aantal pagina's: 352
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Hoofdauteur: Sarah Shortall
Hoofduitgeverij: Harvard University Press

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Product lengte: 235 mm
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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

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Europa

Christendom

Geschiedenis van religie

Theologie & Religieuze kwesties

Rooms-katholicisme

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Taal: Engels
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