Catholicism, politics, and society in twentieth-century France / [electronic resource]
Chadwick, Kay,editor.
Catholicism, once the protean monster, still functions as a complex component of French identity. No consideration of modern France would be complete without reference to the enduring impact and influence of Catholicism on the life of the nation. This volume sets out to capture some of the variety and significance of the Catholic phenomenon in twentieth-century secular France, and to express something of its extraordinary vitality and interest. Each contribution focuses on a specific theme or period crucial to an understanding of the role played by French Catholics and their Church. Collectively, these studies reveal that Catholics were involved in almost every event of consequence and voiced an opinion on almost every issue. Equally, the volume offers a collage of insights which reflects the fragmentation of Catholic activity and attitudes as the century progressed. Being Catholic in modern France no longer means the espousal of a particular political or social agenda. Nor does it necessarily mean regular and traditional religious observance, or even strict adherence to the dictates of the Church. Modern French Catholicism truly has many mansions.
Specialized.
Title Page; Contents; Editor's preface; Notes on contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: La laïcité en France au vingtième siècle; 2: Antisémitisme des catholiques au vingtième siècle: de la revendication au refus; 3: Catholicism and Nationalism The Fédération républicaine, 1927-39; 4: True and false modernity: Catholicism and Communist Marxism in 1930's France; 5: Ralliés and résistants: Catholics in Vichy France, 1940-44; 6: Les formes politiques de la démocratie chrétienne en France au vingtième siècle; 7: Catholicism and the Left in twentieth-century France
8: Accueillir l'étranger: immigration, integration and the French Catholic Church 9: Yeast in the dough? Catholic schooling in France, 1981-95; 10: Les femmes catholiques: Entre Église et société; 11: La sociologie religieuse du catholicisme français au vingtième siècle; 12: Secularisation and the (re)formulation of French Catholic identity; Select bibliography; Index
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-283) and index.
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Catholicism, once the protean monster, still functions as a complex component of French identity. No consideration of modern France would be complete without reference to the enduring impact and influence of Catholicism on the life of the nation. This volume sets out to capture some of the variety and significance of the Catholic phenomenon in twentieth-century secular France, and to express something of its extraordinary vitality and interest. Each contribution focuses on a specific theme or period crucial to an understanding of the role played by French Catholics and their Church. Collectively, these studies reveal that Catholics were involved in almost every event of consequence and voiced an opinion on almost every issue. Equally, the volume offers a collage of insights which reflects the fragmentation of Catholic activity and attitudes as the century progressed. Being Catholic in modern France no longer means the espousal of a particular political or social agenda. Nor does it necessarily mean regular and traditional religious observance, or even strict adherence to the dictates of the Church. Modern French Catholicism truly has many mansions.
Catholic Church
Church and state