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Political ecumenism : Catholics, Jews and Protestants in de Gaulle's Free France, 1940-1945 / Geoffrey Adams.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; ; 46.Publication details: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2006 2010)Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 395 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraitsContent type:
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  • 9780773576667
  • 0773576665
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 944.081/6
LOC classification:
  • DC397 .A33 2006eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Free French leadership : a politically ecumenical coalition -- The free French organization at the end of 1943 -- Introduction : the free French challenge : reuniting the two Frances -- 1905-1940 : a generation united in war, divided in peace -- Charles de Gaulle : devout Catholic, pragmatic Republican, political ecumenist -- The general's inner circle : Christian and republican -- Rene Cassin : Jewish champion of Gaullist legitimacy -- Maurice Schumann : the Catholic voice of La France Libre -- Ecumenical money-managers : Pierre Denis, Andre Diethelm, Andre Postel-Vinay, Maurice Couve de Murville, and Pierre Mendes France.
Summary: Adams examines the contributions of such major Français libres as René Cassin, Pierre Mendès France, and Jacques Soustelle and explores de Gaulle's troubled relations with Churchill and Roosevelt. The opportunity for Gaullists to offer full membership to the fourth religious family, Algeria's Muslim majority, following the liberation of French North Africa is also considered. In an epilogue, Adams reflects on the impact of Free France's political ecumenism in the postwar era.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)404744

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-390) and index.

Free French leadership : a politically ecumenical coalition -- The free French organization at the end of 1943 -- Introduction : the free French challenge : reuniting the two Frances -- 1905-1940 : a generation united in war, divided in peace -- Charles de Gaulle : devout Catholic, pragmatic Republican, political ecumenist -- The general's inner circle : Christian and republican -- Rene Cassin : Jewish champion of Gaullist legitimacy -- Maurice Schumann : the Catholic voice of La France Libre -- Ecumenical money-managers : Pierre Denis, Andre Diethelm, Andre Postel-Vinay, Maurice Couve de Murville, and Pierre Mendes France.

Adams examines the contributions of such major Français libres as René Cassin, Pierre Mendès France, and Jacques Soustelle and explores de Gaulle's troubled relations with Churchill and Roosevelt. The opportunity for Gaullists to offer full membership to the fourth religious family, Algeria's Muslim majority, following the liberation of French North Africa is also considered. In an epilogue, Adams reflects on the impact of Free France's political ecumenism in the postwar era.