Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics Since 1861

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Routledge, 30. juuni 2008 - 256 pages

John Pollard's book surveys the relationship between Catholicism and the process of change in Italy from Unification to the present day. Central to the book is the complex set of relationships between traditional religion and the forces of change. In a broad sweep, Catholicism in Modern Italy looks at the cultural, social, political and economic aspects of the Catholic church and its relationship to the different experiences across Italy over this dramatic period of change and 'modernisation'.

 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
CATHOLICISM AND THE LIBERAL REVOLUTION 181570
6
THE CATHOLIC RECOVERY 18701914
29
ITALIAN CATHOLICISM AND THE CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 18801914
49
ITALIAN CATHOLICS THE GREAT WAR AND THE RISE OF FASCISM 191429
69
FASCISM WAR AND RESISTANCE 192945
88
THE AGE OF CATHOLIC TRIUMPHALISM194558
108
THE NEW SECULARISATION 195878
130
ITALY IN THE AGE OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM 1978 TO THE PRESENT DAY
152
CONCLUSION
176
GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS
191
NOTES
197
BIBLIOGRAPHY
228
INDEX
239
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About the author (2008)

John Pollard is Fellow in History at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and researches the modern history of Italy, the papacy, and Fascism and religion. His publications include Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950 (2005).

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