Frank J Coppa

The Modern Papacy, 1798-1995

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ambitious survey explores the response of the papacy to the challenges of the modern age. Running from the French Revolution to the fall of the Soviet Union, Frank Coppa examines the impact of major events like the Napoleonic conquests, Italian unification, two World Wars and the Cold War; he explores the attitudes of the papacy to such issues as liberalism, nationalism, fascism, communism and the modern, secular age; and he tackles, objectively contentious topics like the 'silence' of Pius XII. Engrossingly readable, the book offers a fresh perspective on international relations across two centuries, and on the political and ideological emergence of the modern world, as well as its specifically papal concerns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780582096301
• ISBN-10: 0582096308
• Artikelnr.: 39293018

Autorenporträt

Frank J. Coppa

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Papacy in an Age of Ideologies.
2. The Chair of Peter Confronts the French Revolution, 1789-1799: A
Turbulent Decade.
3. The Papacy and Napoleonic France: From Compromise to Confrontation,
1800-1814.
4. Rome: From Restoration to Revolution, 1815-1831.
5. The Holy See and the First Crisis of Modernization, 1831-1846.
6. The Holy See in a Turbulent Decade, 1846-1856.
7. Papal Intransigence and Infallibility in an Age of Liberalism and
Nationalism.
8. Rome's Attempt at Accommodation with the Modern World, 1878-1903.
9. The Vatican's Condemnation of Americanism and Modernism.
10. Papal Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace During and after World War One.
11. The Vatican Between the Democracies and the Dictatorships in the
Interwar Period.
12. The Diplomacy and `Silence' of Pope Pius XII During World War Two.
13. The Holy See and Cold War in Transition.
14. Aggiornamento and the Opening of Vatican II: Reconciliation of the
Papacy with the Modern World.
15. The Papacy in the Age of Transition: The Pontificate of Paul VI.
16. The Year of Three Popes and Beyond: The Contemporary Papacy.
17. Conclusion: Past, Present and Future Prospects for the Papacy.
Endnotes.
Bibliography.