TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parker,Charles H.
TI  - Faith on the Margins: Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age / 
SN  - 9780674033719
AV  - BX1550 
U1  - 282/.49209032 23/eng/20221205
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / History
KW  - sh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Preface --; Map --; Introduction --; 1 Caught between Reformations: --; 2 Training the Laborers: --; 3 Laboring in the Vineyard: --; 4 Restoring a Catholic Presence: --; 5 Paying the Priest, Feeding the Poor: --; Conclusion --; Appendix: --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In the wake of the 1572 revolt against Spain, the new Dutch Republic outlawed Catholic worship and secularized all church property. Calvinism prevailed as the public faith, yet Catholicism experienced a resurgence in the first half of the seventeenth century, with membership rivaling that of the Calvinist church. In a wide-ranging analysis of a marginalized yet vibrant religious minority, Charles Parker examines this remarkable revival. It had little to do with the traditional Dutch reputation for tolerance. A keen sense of persecution, combined with a vigorous program of reform, shaped a movement that imparted meaning to Catholics in a Protestant republic. A pastoral organization known as the Holland Mission emerged to establish a vigorous Catholic presence. A chronic shortage of priests enabled laymen and women to exercise an exceptional degree of leadership in local congregations. Increased interaction between clergy and laity reveals a picture that differs sharply from the standard account of the Counter-Reformation's clerical dominance and imposition of church reform on a reluctant populace. There were few places in early modern Europe where a proscribed religious minority was so successful in remaining a permanent fixture of society. Faith on the Margins casts light on the relationship between religious minorities and hostile environments
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674033719?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674033719
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674033719/original
ER  -