Frank J. Coppa

Politics and the Papacy in the Modern World (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The outbreak of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the nineteenth century transformed the world and ushered in the modern age, whose currents challenged the traditional political order and the prevailing religious establishment. The new secular framework presented a potential threat to the papal leadership of the Catholic community, which was profoundly affected by the rush towards modernization. In the nineteenth century the transnational church confronted a world order dominated by the national state, until the emergence of globalization towards the close of the twentieth century. Here, Coppa focuses on Rome's response to the modern world, exploring the papacy's political and diplomatic role during the past two centuries. He examines the Vatican's impact upon major ideological developments over the years, including capitalism, nationalism, socialism, communism, modernism, racism, and anti-Semitism. At the same time, he traces the continuity and change in the papacy's attitude towards church-state relations and the relationship between religion and science. Unlike many earlier studies of the papacy, which examine this unique institution as a self-contained unit and concentrate upon its role within the church, this study examines this key religious institution within the broader framework of national and international political, diplomatic, social, and economic events. Among other things, it explores such questions as the limits to be placed on national sovereignty; the Vatican's critique of capitalism and communism; the morality of warfare; and the need for an equitable international order.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313080487
• Artikelnr.: 37831972

Autorenporträt

FRANK J. COPPA is Professor of History, Director of the Doctoral Program in Modern World History, and Chair of the Vatican Symposium at St. John's University. He has published over a dozen volumes on Papal and Italian History. Among his monographs are biographies of Giovanni Giolitti, Pope Pius IX, Camillo di Cavour and Cardinal Ciacomo Antonelli.

Inhaltsangabe

I Introduction: Rome and the Powers in the Modern Age II The Papacy Between Revolutionary Upheaval
and Restoration
1789-1849 III Rome Grapples with Liberalism
Nationalism
and Sectionalism
1849-1878 IV The Papacy Confronts Social Issues
Modernism
and International Relations
1878-1914 V Benedict XV
the World War
and the League of Nations
1914-1922 VI The Vatican in an Age of Totalitarianism and Anti-Semitism
1922-1939 VII The Vaticans Impartiality
Silence
and Internationalism during World War II and Beyond. VIII The Papacy and the Cold War: The Confrontation between Catholicism and Communism IX The Second Vatican Council
Aggiornamento
and Accommodation with the Modern World
1958-1978 X The Contemporary Papacy
Shuttle Diplomacy
and the Collapse of Communism
1978-2005 XI Quo Vadis Benedict XVI? XII Conclusion: Continuity and Change in Papal Policy Select Bibliography