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Book SynopsisThe 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 countries in Western Europe. When the polity started to introduce legislation that was in opposition to the Catholic ethic, the ecclesiastical authorities and part of the population reacted. The media reported massive manifestations in France against same-sex marriages and in Spain against the de-penalization of abortion. In Italy the Episcopal conference entered the political field in opposition to the relaxation of several restrictive legal rules concerning medically assisted procreation and exhorted the voters to abstain from voting so that the referendum did not obtain the necessary quorum. In Portugal, to the contrary, the Church made a “pact” with the prime minister so that the law on same-sex marriages did not include the possibility of adoption. And in Belgium the Episcopal conference limited its actions to clearly expressing with religious, legal, and anthropological arguments its opposition to such laws, which all other Episcopal conferences did also.In this book, the authors analyse the full spectrum of the issue, including the emergence of such laws; the political discussions; the standpoints defended in the media by professionals, ethicists, and politicians; the votes in the parliaments; the political interventions of the Episcopal conferences; and the attitude of professionals. As a result the reader understands what was at stake and the differences in actions of the various Episcopal conferences. The authors also analyse the pro and con evaluations among the civil population of such actions by the Church. Finally, in a comparative synthesis, they discuss the public positions taken by Pope Francis to evaluate if a change in Church policy might be possible in the near future.Research by GERICR (Groupe européen de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le changement religieux), a European interdisciplinary research group studying religious changes coordinated by Alfonso Pérez-Agote. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Contributors: Céline Béraud (Université de Caen), Annalisa Frisina (Università degli Studi di Padova), Franco Garelli (Università degli Studi di Torino), Antonio Montañés (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Enzo Pace (Università degli Studi di Padova), Philippe Portier (École pratique des hautes études, Paris-Sorbonne), Jose Santiago (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Roberto Francesco Scalon (Università degli Studi di Torino), Liliane Voyé (Université Catholique de Louvain)Trade ReviewCet ouvrage, analysant ainsi la complexité des situations nationales, nous met à même d'appréhender les raisons et les modalités de resurgissement ou de renforcement de l'Église catholique dans l'espace politique. Confrontée à la fois à une perte de pouvoir sur les conduites et à de nouveaux défis éthiques, elle revendique, avec des nuances nationales, une prétention à fournir des fondements éthiques au droit et à la politique. Ceci nous met plus généralement en demeure de nous interroger sur l'articulation, dans les démocraties contemporaines, entre droit et morale dans les domaines du droit touchant aux questions éthiques. La question, constitutive de la postmodernité, de la formation et de la légitimité de la norme commune, pour lesquelles John Rawls nous invite, en convoquant «le devoir de civilité», à mettre de cà´té certaines de nos croyances quand il s'agit d'établir des institutions et des règles politiques communes, rencontre ici un point d'achoppement particulièrement important. Claude Proeschel, Social Sciences and Missions 29 (2016) 141-;206En resumen, dentro del panorama teórico actual, The Intimate ofrece una visión de conjunto àºnica sobre las estrategias de las diferentes jerarquías católicas europeas que ayudará a comprender cuáles han sido las dinámicas utilizadas para frenar el avance del proceso de secularización, y dentro de este, para comprender cuáles son las posiciones de privilegio a conservar en el escenario político y social de las que se han visto desplazados. Hay muy pocos (diría que ninguno) ensayos que aborden el tema tratado en este libro, y más aàºn, de una manera tan clara y exhaustiva. Referencia fundamental para aquellos interesados en las renovadas estrategias políticas de la Iglesia, así como para aquellos que se acerquen al fenómenopor primera vez. Joseba GARCàA MARTàN, Reis. Rev.Esp.Investig.Sociol. Nº 156, Octubre - Diciembre 2016, pp. 159-174Table of ContentsIntroduction Karel Dobbelaere & Alfonso Pérez-AgoteEuthanasia and the Belgian Catholic WorldLiliane Voyé & Karel Dobbelaere“Mariage pour tous”The Same-Sex Marriage Controversy in FranceCéline Béraud & Philippe PortierThe Italian Catholic Church and the Artificial-Insemination ReferendumAnnalisa Frisina, Franco Garelli, Enzo Pace & Roberto ScalonEthical Challenges of the Catholic Church in PortugalThe Case of Same-Sex MarriageHelena Vilaça & Maria João OliveiraThe Catholic Church Faces Ethical Challenges in SpainThe Regulation of AbortionAlfonso Pérez-Agote, Jose Santiago & Antonio MontañésComparative SynthesisKarel Dobbelaere, Alfonso Pérez-Agote & Céline BéraudAuthorsColophon

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Book SynopsisThe 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 embraced a radical perspective, channeling the need for social justice for the poor and the oppressed. The alternative and complementary world views of ‘universalism’ and ‘liberation’ would drive the engagement of Catholics for generations to come, shaping the idea of international community in Catholic culture. Because of its traditional connection with the papacy and because of its prominent role in the map of European progressive Catholicism, Italy stands out as an ideal case study to follow these dynamics. By locating the Italian scenario in a broader geographical frame, Universalism and Liberation offers a new vantage point from which to investigate the social and political relevance of religion in an age of crisis.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade Review'...provides a substantial and important contribution to the debate on the intellectual history of Catholicism and its role in the culture of internationalism in the twentieth century.'Massimo Faggioli, Catholic Historical Review, Autumn 2019 - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/724059Table of ContentsIntroductionThe context Definitions and literature Periodization The Italian case Goals of the research The Catholic Culture and the Idea of International Community The legacy of 'Traditional Universalism' From Traditional to New Universalism: a change of climate in the Catholic culture 'New Universalism': the Magisterium's discourse under Paul VI An alternative perspective? The culture of Liberation Toward a new season: the reaction of the Magisterium to the culture of LiberationThe Culture of Foreign Policy of Italian Christian Democracy Democrazia Cristiana (DC), the 'party of the Nation' The premises: Italian political Catholicism and the idea of international community, from the first postwar to the end of the 1950s Between Universalism and Nation. Profiling DC's discourse on the international community in the 1960s and 1970s The implementation of the discourse. DC's culture of foreign policy and Italy's international relations, between foreign and domestic policy Aldo Moro: Universalism at work The Italian Catholic World and the Idea of International Community An overview of the Italian case The 'official' organizations of the Catholic laityThe non-institutional Catholic world: two case studies Conclusions The idea of international communityCatholicism and society in the age of modernityAbbreviations Bibliography Index of names Colophon

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Book SynopsisIn 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, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter. This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention to the juridical dimension of this epistemic community. Contributions from different disciplinary backgrounds offer a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of many different networks and protagonists of the neo-scholastic movement, its institutions and periodicals, and its conceptual frameworks. Although special attention is paid to the Leuven Institute of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, the volume also discloses the neo-Thomist revival in other national and transnational contexts. By highlighting diverse aspects of its societal and legal impact, Neo-Thomism in Action argues that neo-scholasticism was neither a sterile intellectual exercise nor a monolithic movement. The book expands our understanding of how Catholic intellectual discourse communities were constructed and how they pervaded law and society during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. Contributors: Philippe Chenaux (Pontifical Lateran University), Jo Deferme (?), Kwinten Dewaele (KU Leuven), Vincent Genin (KU Leuven), Emiel Lamberts (KU Leuven), Faustino Martinez Martinez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Erik Sengers (Tilburg School of Catholic Theology), Jakub Stofanik (Masaryk Institute Prague), Cinzia Sulas (Sapienza Rome), Kasper Swerts (ADVN/Antwerp University)Trade ReviewSammantaget ger bokens författare oss god förståelse för hur dessa intellektuella religiösa diskurser uppstod från tiden för Första Vatikankonciliet, hur de formulerades samt hur de kom att genomsyra den katolska synen på både rätt och samhälle från 1800-talets slut och fram till Andra Vatikankonciliet 1960. Det utlovas att denna viktiga interdisciplinäraforskning fortsätter.Kjell å ModéerIn het overzichtswerk Neo-Thomism in Action, een publicatie van het Katholiek Archief-en Documentatiecentrum (KADOC) van de KU Leuven, zijn een reeks bijdragen gebundeld die een licht werpen op verschillende aspecten van de neothomistische impact op recht en samenleving in de periode 1880-1960.Olivier Boehme, Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis 2022/4Table of ContentsNeo-Thomism, Law and Society Prolegomenon to Further Study Wim DecockTHE LANDSCAPE OF NEO-THOMISMReligious, Political and Social Settings of the Revival of Thomism, 1870-1960 Emiel LambertsThe 1920s Francophone Thomistic Revival Philippe ChenauxNeo-Thomism at Leuven’s Faculty of Law Joeri De SmetNATIONAL CONTEXTS AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSVetera novis augere or Leuven Quebec augere: Lionel Groulx, Neo-Thomism and French-Canadian Nationalism Kasper SwertsReception and Adaptation of Neo-Thomism in East-Central Europe, between the Intellectual and Social Involvement of the Catholic Church Jakub ŠtofaníkThe Influence of Neo-Thomism on Catholic Social Policy-Making in Belgium, 1880-1914 Jo DefermeBetween Gospel and Constitution. Neo-Scholastic Traces in the Legal World of Nineteenth-Century Spain Faustino Martínez MartínezThe Notion of War in the Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica, 1914-1918 Cinzia SulasPROTAGONISTS A Conservative Reading of Rerum Novarum through a Neo-Scholastic Lens The Jesuit Auguste Castelein (1840-1922) and the Belgian Patrons Catholiques Peter HeyrmanArthur Vermeersch on Colonial and Conjugal Morality A Presentist Approach to Saint Thomas Vincent GeninJoannes Aengenent (1873-1935) A Thomistic Sociologist’s Call for a More Humane Economy Erik Sengers Antoine Pottier and the Neo-Thomistic Roots of Social Justice Jean-Pierre DelvilleNeo-Thomism and the Debates on the Just Wage in Belgium (1879-1914) Kwinten DewaeleAuthorsIndexColophon

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the political exile of Catholic Christian Democrats during the global twentieth century, from the end of the First World War to the end of the Cold War. Transcending the common national approach, the present volume puts transnational perspectives at center stage and in doing so aspires to be a genuinely global and longitudinal study. Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century includes chapters on continental European exile in the United Kingdom and North America through 1945; on Spanish exile following the Civil War (1936-39), throughout the Franco dictatorship; on East-Central European exile from the defeat of Nazi Germany and the establishment of Communist rule (1944-48) through the end of the Cold War; and Latin American exile following the 1973 Chilean coup. Encompassing Europe (both East and West), Latin America, and the United States, Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century places the diasporas of 20th-century Christian Democracy within broader, global debates on political exile and migration. Contributors: Paolo Acanfora (University of Rome La Sapienza), Leyre Arrieta (University of Deusto), Gemma Caballer (University of Barcelona), Justinas Dementavicius (Vilnius University), Joaquin Fermandois (Catholic University of Chile / San Sebastian University), Elodie Giraudier (Harvard University), Carlo Invernizzi Accetti (City University of New York), Katalin Kadar Lynn (Independent Scholar), Wolfram Kaiser (University of Portsmouth), Piotr H. Kosicki (University of Maryland), Slawomir Lukasiewicz (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Christopher Stroot (University of California San Diego)Trade ReviewThe fresh research that supports this book not only contributes to our understanding of the phenomenon of Christian Democrats in exile but also helps us grasp the diversity and complexity of the Christian Democrat political identity and the relevance of the transnational dimension, particularly when it comes to the study of the diasporic experience of politicians, intellectuals, and activists. Martin O. Castro, Francia-Recensio, 2022 - 3, https://doi.org/10.11588/frrec.2022.3.90617Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Catholic Christian Democrats in Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century Wolfram Kaiser and Piotr H. KosickiSECTION IExile in the United Kingdom and the United States 1924-19451 European Christian Democrats in Exile in the United Kingdom: Socially Isolated and Politically Marginal Wolfram Kaiser2 Luigi Sturzo in American Exile: Building a New Christian-Inspired International Order Paolo Acanfora3 Christian Democracy in America and Vice Versa: Sturzo, Maritain and the United States Carlo Invernizzi AccettiSECTION IIExiles from Spain in Western Europe and the Americas 1937-19754 Exile and Catholic Politics in Spain: National Reconciliation, Europeanisation and the Contested Christian Democratic Alternative to Franco Christopher Stroot5 A Window of Opportunity? The Basque Nationalist Party and European Christian Democracy in Exile Leyre Arrieta 6 A Catalan Catholic Regionalist Fleeing Franco: Josep Maria Trias Peitx’s Exile in France Gemma Caballer SECTION IIIExiles from East-Central Europe in Western Europe and the Americas 1944-19897 Polish Christian Youth in the Cold War: A Generation’s Potential Lost in Exile Sławomir Łukasiewicz8 Cultural versus Political Christian Democrats: Debating the Idea of (Christian) Democracy in Lithuanian Exile Justinas Dementavičius9 Hungarian Christian Democracy in Exile: An Influential but Never Dominant Political Force Katalin Kádár LynnSECTION IVChilean Exile in Western Europe and the Americas 1973-198810 Multiple Christian Democratic Exiles: Debating the Road Back to Democracy in Chile Joaquín Fermandois11 Chilean Christian Democrats in Exile in the Americas and in Europe: Impact on Networks and Ideas Élodie GiraudierList of Abbreviations Bibliography List of Contributors Index of Persons Colophon

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Book SynopsisIn 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 and liturgy, and transcending a focus on particular architects or regions, this volume considers church building at the crossroads of pastoral theology, religious sociology, and urban planning. Presenting the rich palette of strategies and methods deployed by congregations, dioceses, government bodies, and private patrons in their attempt to secure a religious presence in the rapidly modernising world, Territories of Faith offers a broad view of the practice of religion and its material expression in the fast-evolving (sub)urban landscapes of post-war Europe. Contributors: Joao Alves da Cunha (Universidade Catolica Portuguesa), Alba Arboix-Alio (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona), Umberto Bordoni (Scuola Beato Angelico), Angela Connelly (Manchester School of Architecture), Maria Antonietta Crippa (Politecnico di Milano), Kees Doevendans (TU Eindhoven / KU Leuven), Davide Fusari (Politecnico di Milano), Jesus Garcia Herrero (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid), Judi Loach (Cardiff University; Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhone-Alpes), Joao Luis Marques (Universidade do Porto), Melanie Meynier-Philip (Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Lyon), Ellen Rowley (University College Dublin), Sofia Anja Singler (Cambridge University), Sven Sterken (KU Leuven), Marina Wesner (TU Berlin), Eva Weyns (KU Leuven), Ferdinando Zanzottera (Politecnico di Milano)Trade ReviewIn conclusione, il volume merita un’attenta considerazione da parte degli storici dell’architettura italiani, non solo per l’interesse dei contenuti e per l’inedito taglio interdisciplinare tra scienze demografiche, religiose e urbanistiche, ma soprattutto per la solidità e l’articolazione del progetto di cui il volume costituisce l’esito editoriale condiviso. A fronte di un pullulare di iniziative editoriali e convegnistiche frammentarie, con tempi di scadenza incalzanti dovuti a esigenze produttive e concorsuali quantitative, il cui risultato sono saggi di dimensioni esigue, scritti in un inglese solitamente improvvisato e improbabile, il volume dimostra come – per scrivere una raccolta realmente comparativa, interdisciplinare e innovativa – servano diversi anni di lavoro, sostenuti da un progetto ambizioso (seppur flessibile e inclusivo), sviluppato da un gruppo di studio affiatato e chiaramente strutturato (con ruoli diversi per promotori, revisori, discussant e ricercatori) e che fa del dialogo (non doppiamente anonimo, ma guardandosi negli occhi!) uno strumento essenziale di studio e correzione reciproca. Gli esiti di tale faticoso percorso non possono che essere saggi corposi, che devono poter prendersi lo spazio necessario per esegesi raffinate di fonti di natura diversa, e che – nonostante il labor limae curatoriale e redazionale, metodologico e linguistico – non sono appiattiti su un medesimo format letterario o scientifico, ma lasciano trasparire le differenze di scuole, di tradizione di studi e di genere di scrittura. Andrea Longhi, Studi e Ricerche di Storia dell'architettura, Numero 12-2022Territories of Faith is an important contribution to the understanding of church building, especially roman catholic, in post-war western Europe. It examines the processes that underpinned post-war church building, which so manifestly deviated from tradition. This book certainly contributes to a better appreciation of these usually atypical buildings. The focus of this book is primarily on roman catholic churches, which makes the essays more mutually comparable.Marcus van der Meulen, FRH, https://www.frh-europe.org/territories-of-faith-church-and-the-post-war-city/This edited collection focuses on the extraordinary flourishing of religious architecture in European cities between roughly 1945 and 1975. We are reminded throughout the volume – which concentrates largely on the Roman Catholic church – of the astonishing pace of building in this period [...] Through use, for example, of material in diocesan and municipal archives, we gain a rich understanding of the sociological mechanics behind so many architectural masterpieces of this era. Richard Butler, Urban History , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , November 2022 , pp. 825 - 827, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926822000438'Territories of Faith' is an important contribution to the understanding of European postwar religious architecture that left the past behind in order to remain relevant in the present. The pan-European perspective also makes comparable the different approaches to liturgy but also the different interpretations of the role of the church in postwar urban contexts. A very interesting read!German Postwar Modern, 7 December 2022'Territories of Faith' demonstrerar det felaktiga i att betrakta den moderna staden som enbart en sekulär storhet. Ur ett pastoralteologiskt perspektiv behandlar bokens olika kapitel frågan om hur en traditionell sockenstruktur, rotad i landsbygdens gemenskapsformer, fick förnyad aktualitet i samband med tillkomsten av efterkrigstidens brett anlagda förortsprojekt. Detta perspektiv framträder med särskild tydlighet i João Alves da Cunha och João Luís Marques kapitel om Lissabon, Jesús García Herrons artikel om 1960-talets plan för Madrid samt i Ellen Rowleys artikel om Ballymun Estate i Dublins utkanter. En mer renodlat kyrkohistoriskt intresserad läsekrets kan också ha god nytta av de artiklar som visar hur en religionssociologisk bearbetning av statistiskt material kom att underbygga tanken på skapandet av en urban socken mitt i den framväxande moderniteten. Inte minst redaktörerna Eva Weyns och Sven Sterkens kapitel om 1950-talets Bryssel förtjänar att lyftas fram i detta sammanhang.Den tjocka överrock av teori som återfinns i de flesta av de studier som publicerats inom angränsande forskningsfält under de senaste decennierna saknas i denna antologi. I de överlag välskrivna och informativa artiklarna fokuseras en omsorgsfullt tecknad händelsehistoria med vissa utflykter in i den arkitekturhistoriska terrängen.Erik Sidenvall, Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift 2022Holiday Book List 2022, Docomomo US staffhttps://docomomo-us.org/news/holiday-book-list-2022På 1950- och 1960-talet byggdes tusentals kyrkor över hela Europa i ett försök att hålla jämna steg med urbaniseringen efter andra världskriget. De elva bidragen i denna volym skildrar hur detta gick till, vilka tankar som låg bakom, och hur kristna samfund och myndigheter samarbetade på olika sätt i planeringen av nya kvarter. År 2017 höll arkitekturfakulteten på det katolska universitet i Leuven (KU Leuven) ett internationellt seminarium som nu har blivit en bok, redigerad av arkitekturprofessorn Sven Sterken och doktoranden Eva Weyns. Det är en bok om samhällsplanering, delvis också om kyrkoarkitektur, och den berättar om ett tidevarv av kristen optimism som i dag ligger bakom oss. olle brandt Ett centralt tema i årsboken med titeln Demokrati, krig och mänsklig värdighet är det spända säkerhetsläget som uppstått sedan Rysslands invasion av Ukraina i februari 2022. Boken innehåller elva artiklar författade av Cyril Hovorun, Jan Henningsson, Hans Corell, Elisabeth Gerle, Magnus Hagevi, Anders Wejryd, Misha Jaksic, Magdalena Dahlborg, Jan-Åke Alvarsson, Jonas Jonson och Annika Sjöqvist Platzer. Recensionsdelen i årsboken omfattar inte mindre än 48 böcker kring ämnesområdena teologi, filosofi och psykologi samt historia och samhälle. I de fyra förstnämnda artiklarna behandlas kriget i Ukraina utifrån olika perspektiv som kompletterar varandra till en helhetsbild. Inledningsvis nämner Cyril Hovorun myten om det heliga Rus, av Putin använd som täckmantel för anfallskriget, vilket understötts av den rysk-ortodoxe patriarken Kyrill. För att grymheterna i Ukraina inte ska upprepas måste det ryska folket ”avputiniseras”, menar Hovorun, och eftersom kyrkan medverkat till putinismen är det också genom teologiska argument som den kan dekonstrueras. Ortodoxa kyrkan kan här få bidrag från andra teologiska traditioner, liksom från andra samhällsvetenskapliga discipliner, menar han. Jan Henningsson lyfter fram den bakomliggande historien till Putins ”heliga” krig. Han berör även förhållandet kyrka – stat och de näraliggande problemen kring Olle Brandt, Signum, 3/2023The scholarship in this book is energetic and fresh. Chapters include many stories featuring compelling personalities, important organizations, and intriguing buildings, all grounded in excellent archival work. Although the authors focus on institutional thinking and formal planning, each chapter also includes a discussion of specific architecture, and many authors raise preservation and heritage questions about those buildings today. This collection is not only packed with new information, but it is also coherent and conceptually sophisticated. Gretchen Buggeln, Church History , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , December 2022 , pp. 969 - 970 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S000964072300015XThis well-conceived, well-researched and immaculately presented book (full of urban and church plans and photographs) captures well a specific moment in European history from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Its account of how the Catholic Church planned its missionary and pastoral response to the phenomenon of rapid urban expansion during this period skilfully identifies its wider resonances. The shift to a post-war secular age in Europe presented huge challenges to the Catholic Church and the book beautifully captures the way in which modern (mainly) Catholic places of worship became theologically inflected to articulate a new relationship between the church and the world. This explains the interdisciplinarity of the volume as it attempts to integrate the perspectives of urban and religious sociology, urban planning and policy, modern church history and theology into a seamless and critical whole. Christopher Baker, Politics, Religion & Ideology, https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2023.2219133Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Faith and its Territories Sven Sterken and Eva WeynsNEGOTIATION1. Planning for Faith in Wythenshawe, Manchester Angela Connelly2. Lyons’s Post-War Churches Two Contexts, Two Churches, One Architect: Pierre Genton Judi Loach and Mélanie Meynier-Philip3. Constructing Country, Community and City Alvar Aalto’s Lakeuden Risti, 1951-1966 Sofia Anja Singler4. Faith in a Divided City Church Building in Berlin and the 1957 Interbau Exhibition Marina WesnerEXPERTISE5. Rethinking the Urban Parish François Houtart, the Centre de Recherches Socio-Religieuses and the 1958 Pastoral Plan for Brussels Eva Weyns and Sven Sterken6. Catholic Parishes in the Lisbon Master Plan of 1959 The Legacy of the SNIP and the MRAR João Alves da Cunha and João Luís Marques 7. “A Silent Revolution” Jacinto Rodríguez Osuna, Luis Cubillo de Arteaga and the 1965 Plan Pastoral for Madrid Jesús García HerreroAUTHORITY8. A Laboratory of Pastoral Modernity Church Building in Milan under Cardinal Montini and Enrico Mattei from 1955 to 1963 Umberto Bordoni, Maria Antonietta Crippa, Davide Fusari and Ferdinando Zanzottera9. Reconstructing the Diocese of Barcelona Parish Reform and Church Building under Monsignor Modrego Casaus from 1943 to 1967 Alba Arboix-Alió and Sven Sterken10. Mass Housing and the Catholic Hierarchy in Dublin, 1930s–1970s 305 The Case of Ballymun Estate Ellen Rowley11. Epilogue A Divine Dwelling Crisis? Notes for a Paradigm of Emptiness Kees Doevendans

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Book SynopsisSatire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300.1550 is the first book to reclaim satire as a central component of Catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts alone. The book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by Counter-Reformation thought and the inheritance of Mikhail Bakhtin (Rabelais and His World, 1965). It reveals how humor, laughter, and material culture played a critical role in establishing St. Joseph as an exemplar in western Europe as early as the thirteenth century. Its goal is to open a new line of interpretation in medieval and early modern cultural studies by revealing the functions of humor in sacred scenes, the role of laughter as veneration, and the importance of play for pre-Reformation religious experiences.Trade Review"Anne L. Williams offers a welcome addition to the scholarship concerning late medieval and early modern hagiographical imagery. Well organized, well illustrated, and thoroughly researched, her multi-disciplinary approach marries art history, literary studies, and religious studies to bring new and compelling insights both to extant iconography of Saint Joseph and to lay and clerical attitudes toward his cult in the period(s) she studies."- Betsy Chunko-Dominguez, Savannah College of Art and Design, Speculum 96/3 (July 2021) "Focusing on the artistic deployment of humour, satire and mockery, this magisterial interdisciplinary study offers innovative readings of Joseph of Nazareth in European late medieval and early modern visual culture = required reading for anyone interested in the dynamic, expanding image of St. Joseph, arguably one of the most important fathers in European culture."- Dr. Catherine Harding, Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Art, University of VictoriaTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Humor and Joseph's Hosen: The 'Domestic' Saint and the Earliest Evidence of His Cult Chapter Two: Secular Satire, St. Joseph, and Revealing Hidden Humor Chapter Three: The Vir Facetus, Urbanitas, and the Rhetoric of Humor in the Religious Image Chapter Four: The Miserly Saint: Sanctity, Satire, and Subversion Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisScholarship has come to value the uncertainties haunting early modern knowledge cultures; indeed, awareness of the fragility and plurality of knowledge is now offered as a key element for understanding early modern science as a whole. Yet early modern actors never questioned the possibility of certainty itself and never objected to the notion that truth is out there, universal, and therefore safe from human manipulation. This book investigates how early modern actors managed not to succumb to postmodern relativism, despite the increasing uncertainties and blatant disagreements about the nature of God, Man, and the Universe. An international and interdisciplinary team of experts in fields ranging from the history of science to theology and the history of ideas analyses a number of practices that were central to maintaining and functionalizing the notion of absolute truth. Through such an interdisciplinary research the book shows how certainty about truth could be achieved, and how early modern society recognized the credibility of a wide plethora of actors in differentiating fields of knowledge.Trade Review"This remarkable collection of essays explores the processes of negotiation underlying the construction of truth in early modern Catholicism. [...] The essays gathered in this volume, as well as the excellent introduction by the editors, make a significant contribution to the history of early modern Catholicism and its relations to Europe and the world; to the history of science, and of its connection with religion; and to the expanding historiography on early modern uncertainty and doubt."- Marco Faini, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest – ICUB, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme 44.3 (2021) "This volume is a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarly and critical work being done on forms and practices of early modern Catholicism at the intersection of intellectual history and cultural materialist methodologies." - Lowell Gallagher, Church History Journal, March 2023Table of ContentsBruno Boute, Andreea Badea, Marco Cavarzere, and Steven Vanden Broecke: A Product's Glamour: Credibility, or the Manufacture and Administration of Truth in Early Modern Catholicism PART I. ACCOMMODATING 1. Rudolf Schuessler: Scholastic Approaches to Reasonable Disagreement 2. Marco Cavarzere: Regulating the Credibility of Non-Christians. Oaths on False Gods and Seventeenth-Century Casuistry 3. Steven Vanden Broecke: How to be a Catholic Copernican in the Southern Netherlands 4. Brendan Röder: Appearance and Essence. Speaking the Truth about the Body in the Early Modern Catholic Church PART II. PERFORMING 5. Bruno Boute: Saving Truth. Roman Censorship and Catholic Pluralization in the Confessionals of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1682-1686 6. Birgit Emich: The Production of Truth in the Manufacture of Saints: Procedures, Credibility, and Patronage in Early Modern Processes of Canonization 7. Andreea Badea: Credibility of the Past. Writing and Censoring History within Seventeenth-Century Catholicism 8. Leen Spruit: Heresy and Error in the Assessment of Modern Philosophical Psychology 9. Maria Pia Donato: Modern Philosophy and Ancient Heresies: New Wine in Old Bottles? PART III. EMBEDDING 10. Vittoria Fiorelli: Experiences are not a Successful Accompaniment toward the Knowledge of the Truth.' The Trial of the Atheists in Late Seventeenth-Century Naples 11. Cecilia Cristellon: Choosing Information, Selecting Truth. The Roman Congregations, the Benedictine Declaration, and the Establishment of Religious Pluralism 12. Rivka Feldhay: Disciplining the Sciences in Conflict Zones. Pre-Classical Mechanics between the Sovereign State and the Reformed Catholic Religion Index

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Book SynopsisThe essential objective of this study is to unpack the complicity between historians and secularization theory in the study of late ancient and early medieval Christianity—and then suggest a way out. In this work of historiography of religion, Enrico Beltramini argues that religious history is inherently secular and produces distorted representations of the Christian past. He suggests moving from an epistemological to a hermeneutical approach so that the supernatural worldview of the Christian past can be addressed on its own terms. This work also engages Markus’s saeculum and replaces Markus’s secularized relationship between the Kingdom and the government of the civitas with the Augustinian association of the Kingdom and divine government.Table of ContentsFOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION SACRAMENTAL ONTOLOGY ONTOLOGICAL TURN HISTORY AND THEOLOGY SAECULUM ANCIENT AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY AUGUSTINIANISMS SAECULUM RETOLD CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisThe sixteenth century was a period of crisis in the Catholic Church. Monastic reorganization was a major issue, and women were at the forefront of charting new directions in convent policy. The story of the Carmelite Reform has been told before, but never from the perspective of the women on the front lines. Nearly all accounts of the movement focus on Teresa de Avila, (1515-1582), and end with her death in 1582. Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila carries the story beyond Teresa’s death, showing how the next generation of Carmelite nuns struggled into the seventeenth century to continue her mission. It is unique in that it draws primarily from female-authored sources, in particular, the letters of three of Teresa’s most dynamic disciples: María de San José, Ana de Jesús and Ana de San Bartolomé.Trade ReviewWinner of the GEMELA 2022 Award, Book Category! "Muchos elementos hacen de esta obra un trabajo de gran interés. El primero de ellos es que nos permite asomarnos a la historia de la Orden fundada por Teresa de Jesús, y a la misma historia de la Iglesia —en una época tan condicionante como es la contrarreformista— desde una perspectiva femenina, dejando hablar a las protagonistas. Más aún, acercándonos a la voz de su intimidad, recogiendo palabras privadas, como son las de la mayoría de las cartas."- María José Pérez GonzálezTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: María de San José Chapter 1. The (Almost) Silenced Epistolary Pen of María de San José Chapter 2. Drama in Seville Chapter 3. On to Portugal Chapter 4. Battles Chapter 5. Trials Part II: Ana de Jesús Chapter 6. Paris and Beyond Chapter 7. In the Low Countries Part III: Ana de San Bartolomé Chapter 8. The Other Ana Chapter 9. Ana and the French Chapter 10. The Antwerp Foundation Chapter 11. Friends and Enemies. Chapter 12. The Ones Who Stayed Behind: The Letters of Catalina de Cristo to Ana de San Bartolomé Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisCatholic Social Networks in Early Modern England: Kinship, Gender, and Coexistence explores the lived experience of Catholic women and men in the post-Reformation century. Set against the background of the gendered dynamics of English society, this book demonstrates that English Catholics were potent forces in the shaping of English culture, religious policy, and the emerging nation-state. Drawing on kinship and social relationships rooted in the medieval period, post Reformation English Catholic women and men used kinship, social networks, gendered strategies, political actions, and cultural activities like architecture and gardening to remain connected to patrons and to ensure the survival of their families through a period of deep social and religious change. This book contributes to recent scholarship on religious persecution and coexistence in post-Reformation Europe by demonstrating how English Catholics shaped state policy and enforcement of religious minorities and helped to define the character of early models of citizenship formation.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Late Medieval Origins of Early Modern Networks 3 Post-Reformation Kinship and Social Networks 4 Architecture, Gardens, and Cultural Networks 5 Catholic Political Life and Citizenship 6 Catholic Networks, Patronage, and Clientage 7 Conclusion Appendix: Family Relationships Tables Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Second Vatican Council is the single most influential event in the twentieth-century history of the Catholic Church. The book analyzes the relationship between the Council and the "Ostpolitik" of the Vatican through the history of the Hungarian presence at Vatican II. Pope John XXIII, elected in 1958, was a catalyst. He thought that his most urgent task was to renew contacts with the Church behind the iron curtain. Hungarian participation at the Council was also made possible by the new pragmatic attitude in Hungarian church politics. After the crushing of the 1956 Revolution, churches in Hungary thought that the regime would last and were willing to compromise. Hungary did not consider Vatican II primarily an ecclesiastical event. It was considered a component of the negotiations between the Holy See and the Kadar regime: during the Council Hungary became the experimental laboratory of the Vatican's new eastern policy. Was it a Vatican decision or a Soviet instruction? Fejerdy suggests that it was a decision of the Holy See.Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Abbreviations Cronology Introduction Part I.-The (Ante-) Preparatory Phase of the Council (1959-1962) 1. The Holy See 1.1. John XXIII and the Council 1.2. The supreme pontiffs and Communism 1.3. The Holy See and Hungary 1.4. Efforts to ensure Hungarian participation in the Council 2.The Hungarian People's Republic 2.1. A shift in ecclesiastical policy 2.2. The place of the Holy See in Hungarian ecclesiastical policy 2.3. The Hungarian People's Republic and the issue of Council attendance 2.4. A decision is reached in Hungary 3. The Catholic Church in Hungary 3.1. The state of the Hungarian Catholic Church in the period of preparations 3.2. Hungarian council recommendations 3.3. The Hungarian bishops and the question of Council attendance 3.3.1. Expectations for the Council Part II.-Hungary and the Holy See during the Second Vatican Council (1962-1959) 1. The Holy See: Council and Ostpolitik 1.1. The Second Vatican Council and the Catholic Church: Ecclesia ad intra 1.2. The council and humanity: Ecclesia ad extra 1.3. Vatican Ostpolitik at the time of the Council 1.3.1. The theoretical bases of the emerging eastern policy 1.3.2. The spheres of Vatican Ostpolitik 1.4. Modus non moriendi in Hungary 1.4.1. The road to Vatican-Hungarian negotiations 1.4.2. The partial agreement of 1964 2. The Hungarian People's Republic: Council and "Vatican policy" 2.1. The means of achieving total control 2.1.1. Monitoring Hungarian participants at the Council 2.1.2. Domestic control 2.2. Goals to be achieved through attendance at the Council 2.2.1. Intelligence gathering 2.2.2. Socialist "country image" and "useful relations" 2.2.3. The suppression of the "conservative-integrist wing" 2.2.4. The "support of positive forces" 3. Controlled feedom: The Hungarian Catholic Church and the Second Vatican Council 3.1. The council delegation 3.1.1. Council fathers in Rome and in Hungary 3.1.2. The delegation's travel, accommodations and expenses 3.1.3. The internal relations of the Hungarian delegation 3.2. Hungarian contributions to the work of the Council 3.2.1. A passive presence 3.2.2. Hungarian interventions and proposals 3.3. Negotiations with the Holy See 3.3.1. Negotiating sides 3.3.2. Major subjects of negotiation 3.3.3. Reinforcing loyalty to Rome Part III.-Epilogue: After the Council 1. Holy See: Dialogue and Ostpolitik 1.1. Dialogue after the Council 1.2. The Holy See and Hungary after the Council 1.2.1. Vatican Ostpolitik after the Council 1.2.2. Vatican eastern policy in Hungary 2. The Hungarian People's Republic 2.1. Political appraisal of the Second Vatican Council 2.2. The reception of the Council by the state in Hungary 3. Hungarian Church 3.1. Learning about the Council 3.2. Practical reception 3.3. Theological reception Summary Sources and Bibliography 1. Sources 1.1. Archival sources 1.2. Printed sources 2. Bibliography Annex 1. Hungarian participants in the Second Vatican Council and their escorts 2. Hungarian Council Fathers de iure and de facto 3. Hungarian contributions to the work of the Council 4. Biographical data on the principal persons mentioned in the book Index

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