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Catholicism - A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis
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The story of Roman Catholicism has never followed a singular path.
In no time period has this been more true than over the last two
centuries. Beginning with the French Revolution, extending to the
Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, and concluding with
present-day crises, John T. McGreevy chronicles the dramatic
upheavals and internal divisions shaping the most multicultural,
multilingual, and global institution in the world. Through powerful
individual stories and sweeping birds-eye views, Catholicism
provides a mesmerising assessment of the Church’s complex role in
modern history: both shaper and follower of the politics of nation
states, both conservator of hierarchies and evangeliser of
egalitarianism. McGreevy documents the hopes and ambitions of
European missionaries building churches and schools in all corners
of the world, African Catholics fighting for political (and
religious) independence, Latin American Catholics attracted to a
theology of liberation, and Polish and South Korean Catholics
demanding democratic governments. He includes a vast cast of
riveting characters, known and unknown, including the Mexican
revolutionary Fr. Servando Teresa de Mier; Daniel O’Connell, hero
of Irish emancipation; Sr. Josephine Bakhita, a formerly enslaved
Sudanese nun; Chinese statesman Ma Xiaobang; French philosopher and
reformer Jacques Maritain; German Jewish philosopher and convert,
Edith Stein; John Paul II, Polish pope and opponent of communism;
Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian founder of liberation theology; and
French American patron of modern art, Dominique de Menil.
Throughout this essential volume, McGreevy details currents of
reform within the Church as well as movements protective of
traditional customs and beliefs. Conflicts with political leaders
and a devotional revival in the nineteenth century, the experiences
of decolonisation after World War II and the Second Vatican Council
in the twentieth century and the trauma of clerical sexual abuse in
the twenty-first all demonstrate how religion shapes our modern
world. Finally, McGreevy addresses the challenges faced by Pope
Francis as he struggles to unite the over one billion members of
the world’s largest religious community.
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Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
John T. McGreevy
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
528 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-06604-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-324-06604-0 |
Barcode: |
9781324066040 |
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